diff --git a/docs/configuration.asciidoc b/docs/configuration.asciidoc
index d33789207..1d28a0374 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/configuration.asciidoc
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ An example to generate a secure secret token is:
 
 [source,bash]
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-python -c "import uuid; print(str(uuid.uuid4()))"
+python -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_urlsafe(32))"
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 WARNING: Secret tokens only provide any security if your APM Server uses TLS.