diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 55b741c..5a0b294 100644
--- a/readme.md
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@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ A very simple configuration, only supporting MQTT on port 1883 is:
     auth_opt_mysql_port 3306
     auth_opt_mysql_dbname mosquittoauth
     auth_opt_mysql_user mosquittoauth
-    auth_opt_mysql_password ieh4weiF
+    auth_opt_mysql_password xxx
     auth_opt_mysql_allow_native_passwords true
     auth_opt_mysql_userquery SELECT pw FROM users WHERE username = ?
     auth_opt_mysql_aclquery SELECT topic FROM acls WHERE username = ? AND (rw & ?) != 0