diff --git a/docbook/reference/en/en-US/modules/direct-access.xml b/docbook/reference/en/en-US/modules/direct-access.xml
index c08735b6ee..39b0e5cce0 100755
--- a/docbook/reference/en/en-US/modules/direct-access.xml
+++ b/docbook/reference/en/en-US/modules/direct-access.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ try {
 
    if (isPublic()) { // if client is public access type
        formparams.add(new BasicNameValuePair(OAuth2Constants.CLIENT_ID, "customer-portal"));
+       formparams.add(new BasicNameValuePair(OAuth2Constants.GRANT_TYPE, "password"));
    } else {
        String authorization = BasicAuthHelper.createHeader("customer-portal", "secret-secret-secret");
        post.setHeader("Authorization", authorization);
diff --git a/examples/demo-template/admin-access-app/src/main/java/org/keycloak/example/AdminClient.java b/examples/demo-template/admin-access-app/src/main/java/org/keycloak/example/AdminClient.java
index 8f6c951b69..8b3d40c4e2 100755
--- a/examples/demo-template/admin-access-app/src/main/java/org/keycloak/example/AdminClient.java
+++ b/examples/demo-template/admin-access-app/src/main/java/org/keycloak/example/AdminClient.java
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ public class AdminClient {
             List <NameValuePair> formparams = new ArrayList <NameValuePair>();
             formparams.add(new BasicNameValuePair("username", "admin"));
             formparams.add(new BasicNameValuePair("password", "password"));
+            formparams.add(new BasicNameValuePair(OAuth2Constants.GRANT_TYPE, "password"));
             formparams.add(new BasicNameValuePair(OAuth2Constants.CLIENT_ID, "admin-client"));
             UrlEncodedFormEntity form = new UrlEncodedFormEntity(formparams, "UTF-8");
             post.setEntity(form);