diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index 7eab76f..75921e5 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Assuming a folder at `/tmp/data` was going to store your config and vaults, writ
             "auth": {
                 "username": "couchdb_username",
                 "password": "couchdb_password",
-                "passphrase": ""
+                "passphrase": "mypassphrase" // Remove if no passphrase is set for Vault
             },
             "initialScan": true 
         },
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 2646638..3660740 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ The configuration file consists of the following structure.
             "auth": {
                 "username": "username_of_private_vault",
                 "password": "password_of_private_vault",
-                "passphrase": "passphrase_of_private_vault" // Required -- leave empty if no passphrase
+                "passphrase": "passphrase_of_private_vault" // Remove if no passphrase is set for your vault
             },
             "path": "shared/", // All documents under this path will synchronized.
             "initialScan": false // If you enable this, all server files will be synchronized to local storage once when daemon has been started.