diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
index 20f9addba21..79fdbff501c 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
@@ -2217,7 +2217,7 @@
   <value>${user.home}/hadoop-http-auth-signature-secret</value>
   <description>
     The signature secret for signing the authentication tokens.
-    The same secret should be used for RM/NM/NN/DN configurations.
+    A different secret should be used for each service.
   </description>
 </property>