diff --git a/topics/authentication/password-policies.adoc b/topics/authentication/password-policies.adoc
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 === Password Policies
 
 Each new realm created has no password policies associated with it.  This means users can have as short, as long, as complex,
-as stupid a password as they want.  This is great for development or if you are just learning and playing around with {{book.project.name}},
+as insecure a password as they want.  This is great for development or if you are just learning and playing around with {{book.project.name}},
 but pretty much unacceptable in production environment.  {{book.project.name}} has a rich set of password policies you can enable
 through the Admin Console.