diff --git a/config/kibana.yml b/config/kibana.yml
index 4abaf715f306..c19607d533c9 100644
--- a/config/kibana.yml
+++ b/config/kibana.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 # the username and password that the Kibana server uses to perform maintenance on the Kibana
 # index at startup. Your Kibana users still need to authenticate with Elasticsearch, which
 # is proxied through the Kibana server.
-#elasticsearch.username: "user"
+#elasticsearch.username: "kibana"
 #elasticsearch.password: "pass"
 
 # Enables SSL and paths to the PEM-format SSL certificate and SSL key files, respectively.