diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/security/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/security/_index.adoc
index 100e4a8f41e..5bfe2743261 100644
--- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/security/_index.adoc
+++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/security/_index.adoc
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ The following command can be run to check which hash mechanism is currently bein
 
 [source,shell]
 ....
-# grep user /etc/master.passwd
+# grep passwd_format /etc/login.conf
 ....
 
 The output should be similar to the following: