diff --git a/website/content/docs/secrets/databases/index.mdx b/website/content/docs/secrets/databases/index.mdx index 63eac385f0..03b389595c 100644 --- a/website/content/docs/secrets/databases/index.mdx +++ b/website/content/docs/secrets/databases/index.mdx @@ -168,15 +168,12 @@ plugins for the credential types they support and usage examples. ## Password Generation Passwords are generated via [Password Policies](/docs/concepts/password-policies). -Databases can optionally set a password policy for use across all roles for that database. -In other words, each time you call `vault write database/config/my-database` you can specify -a password policy for all roles using `my-database`. Each database has a default password -policy defined as: 20 characters with at least 1 uppercase character, at least 1 lowercase -character, at least 1 number, and at least 1 dash character. - -You cannot specify a password policy on a specific role as the purpose of password policies is -to adhere to password requirements of systems (such as a database), not making passwords -for specific users. +Databases can optionally set a password policy for use across all roles or at the +individual role level for that database. For example, each time you call +`vault write database/config/my-database` you can specify a password policy for all +roles using `my-database`. Each database has a default password policy defined as: +20 characters with at least 1 uppercase character, at least 1 lowercase character, +at least 1 number, and at least 1 dash character. The default password generation can be represented as the following password policy: