diff --git a/docs/examples/auth/basic/README.md b/docs/examples/auth/basic/README.md
index a786df2b4..0a21911cf 100644
--- a/docs/examples/auth/basic/README.md
+++ b/docs/examples/auth/basic/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ Re-type new password:
 Adding password for user foo
 ```
 
+To create your file without `htpasswd`
+```console
+$ printf "foo:$(openssl passwd -crypt <bar>)\n" >> auth
+```
+
 ```console
 $ kubectl create secret generic basic-auth --from-file=auth
 secret "basic-auth" created
@@ -19,7 +24,7 @@ secret "basic-auth" created
 $ kubectl get secret basic-auth -o yaml
 apiVersion: v1
 data:
-  auth: Zm9vOiRhcHIxJE9GRzNYeWJwJGNrTDBGSERBa29YWUlsSDkuY3lzVDAK
+  kube-ingress-auth: Zm9vOiRhcHIxJE9GRzNYeWJwJGNrTDBGSERBa29YWUlsSDkuY3lzVDAK
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
   name: basic-auth
diff --git a/pkg/ingress/annotations/auth/main.go b/pkg/ingress/annotations/auth/main.go
index 5830f0f71..808303b26 100644
--- a/pkg/ingress/annotations/auth/main.go
+++ b/pkg/ingress/annotations/auth/main.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func (a auth) Parse(ing *extensions.Ingress) (interface{}, error) {
 // dumpSecret dumps the content of a secret into a file
 // in the expected format for the specified authorization
 func dumpSecret(filename string, secret *api.Secret) error {
-	val, ok := secret.Data["auth"]
+	val, ok := secret.Data["kube-ingress-auth"]
 	if !ok {
 		return ing_errors.LocationDenied{
 			Reason: errors.Errorf("the secret %v does not contain a key with value auth", secret.Name),
diff --git a/pkg/ingress/annotations/auth/main_test.go b/pkg/ingress/annotations/auth/main_test.go
index df042ad4f..e30d74d3c 100644
--- a/pkg/ingress/annotations/auth/main_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ingress/annotations/auth/main_test.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (m mockSecret) GetSecret(name string) (*api.Secret, error) {
 			Namespace: api.NamespaceDefault,
 			Name:      "demo-secret",
 		},
-		Data: map[string][]byte{"auth": []byte("foo:$apr1$OFG3Xybp$ckL0FHDAkoXYIlH9.cysT0")},
+		Data: map[string][]byte{"kube-ingress-auth": []byte("foo:$apr1$OFG3Xybp$ckL0FHDAkoXYIlH9.cysT0")},
 	}, nil
 }