diff --git a/src/bin/keactrl/kea-ctrl-agent.conf.pre b/src/bin/keactrl/kea-ctrl-agent.conf.pre
index 29d81111b0..71cbc80753 100644
--- a/src/bin/keactrl/kea-ctrl-agent.conf.pre
+++ b/src/bin/keactrl/kea-ctrl-agent.conf.pre
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@
     "http-port": 8000,
 
     // Allow access only to kea-api user.
-    // To make it work, please store your password in kea-api-password file.
-    // Make sure the password file has sufficiently restrictive access
-    // permissions, in particular it is not world-readable.
+    // To make it work, please store your user name in kea-api-user file.
+    // and store your password in kea-api-password file.
+    // Make sure the user and password files have sufficiently restrictive
+    // access permissions, in particular it is not world-readable.
     // The basic HTTP auth offers poor security for unencrypted channels.
     // If possible, a better, stronger HTTPS mechanism should be deployed,
     // in particular when the client authentication is enabled by setting the
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
         "directory": "/etc/kea",
         "clients": [
             {
-                "user": "kea-api",
+                "user": "kea-api-user",
                 "password-file": "kea-api-password"
             }
         ]