From a2a03c3ca94b1cdd279ac09f2a81e04d262586fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=9Cjkcd=E2=80=9D?= <“jkreadsemail@gmail.com”>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 19:51:31 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fixing documentation to not require rpcpassword

---
 doc/init.md | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/init.md b/doc/init.md
index 0b327aab58..99aa0a0def 100644
--- a/doc/init.md
+++ b/doc/init.md
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ The macOS configuration assumes bitcoind will be set up for the current user.
 Configuration
 ---------------------------------
 
-At a bare minimum, bitcoind requires that the rpcpassword setting be set
-when running as a daemon.  If the configuration file does not exist or this
-setting is not set, bitcoind will shut down promptly after startup.
+Running bitcoind as a daemon does not require any manual configuration. You may
+set the `rpcauth` setting in the `bitcoin.conf` configuration file to override
+the default behaviour of using a special cookie for authentication.
 
 This password does not have to be remembered or typed as it is mostly used
 as a fixed token that bitcoind and client programs read from the configuration