diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/security.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/security.adoc
index 4678072145b..e0574ab65f1 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/security.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/security.adoc
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ To enable it, do the following.
 </property>
 <property>
   <name>hbase.thrift.support.proxyuser</name>
-  <value>true/value>
+  <value>true</value>
 </property>
 ----