diff --git a/docs/content/middlewares/basicauth.md b/docs/content/middlewares/basicauth.md
index 60b8cf9a1..6e224a68e 100644
--- a/docs/content/middlewares/basicauth.md
+++ b/docs/content/middlewares/basicauth.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ The `users` option is an array of authorized users. Each user will be declared u
 # Declaring the user list
 #
 # Note: all dollar signs in the hash need to be doubled for escaping.
-# To create user:password pair, it's possible to use this command:
+# To create a user:password pair, the following command can be used:
 # echo $(htpasswd -nb user password) | sed -e s/\\$/\\$\\$/g
 labels:
   - "traefik.http.middlewares.test-auth.basicauth.users=test:$$apr1$$H6uskkkW$$IgXLP6ewTrSuBkTrqE8wj/,test2:$$apr1$$d9hr9HBB$$4HxwgUir3HP4EsggP/QNo0"
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ spec:
     secret: authsecret
 
 ---
+# Note: in a kubernetes secret the string (e.g. generated by htpasswd) must be base64-encoded first.
+# To create an encoded user:password pair, the following command can be used:
+# htpasswd -nb user password | openssl base64
+
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata: