diff --git a/lib/krb5/krb5.conf.5 b/lib/krb5/krb5.conf.5
index 5c01acffb..c394f16cc 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/krb5.conf.5
+++ b/lib/krb5/krb5.conf.5
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ List of principals to use AFS 2b tokens for.
 If the LDAP backend is used for storing principals, this is the
 structural object that will be used when creating and when reading
 objects.
+The default value is account .
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