diff --git a/docs/guides/self-hosting/v0.3_self_hosting_guide.md b/docs/guides/self-hosting/v0.3_self_hosting_guide.md
index 54031813..7122dd47 100644
--- a/docs/guides/self-hosting/v0.3_self_hosting_guide.md
+++ b/docs/guides/self-hosting/v0.3_self_hosting_guide.md
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ Create a controller configuration file in `etc/ctrl.yml`. The controller does no
 v:                  2
 
 admin:
+  # generate these admin tokens from a source of randomness, e.g. 
+  #  LC_ALL=C tr -dc _A-Z-a-z-0-9 < /dev/urandom | head -c32
   secrets:
-    -               f60b55fa-4dec-4c4a-9244-e3b7d6b9bb13
+    -               Q8V0LqnNb5wNX9kE1fgQ0H6VlcvJybB1
 
 endpoint:
   host:             0.0.0.0