diff --git a/etc/slurm.conf.example b/etc/slurm.conf.example
index 44a318bed02257ae534222f97326861ce1ce981c..f2223bd353e4cf0ffa496b68f0a23be90d5163a9 100644
--- a/etc/slurm.conf.example
+++ b/etc/slurm.conf.example
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 #
 # "auth/none"   : no authentication, the default
 # "auth/authd"  : Brent Chun's authd
-# "auth/munge": LLNL's munge
+# "auth/munge"  : LLNL's munge
 #
 # WARNING: The use of "auth/none" permits any user to execute jobs as any 
 # other user. This may be fine for testing purposes, but do not use it in production.