diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
index bb6d3c4ef..514eee9e2 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
@@ -542,13 +542,14 @@ linuximage  => {
  },
   },
 passwd => {
-    cols => [qw(key username password comments disable)],
+    cols => [qw(key username password cryptmethod comments disable)],
     keys => [qw(key username)],
     table_desc => 'Contains default userids and passwords for xCAT to access cluster components.  In most cases, xCAT will also actually set the userid/password in the relevant component when it is being configured or installed.  Userids/passwords for specific cluster components can be overidden in other tables, e.g. mpa, ipmi, ppchcp, etc.',
  descriptions => {
   key => 'The type of component this user/pw is for.  Valid values: blade (management module), ipmi (BMC), system (nodes), omapi (DHCP), hmc, ivm, fsp.',
   username => 'The default userid for this type of component',
   password => 'The default password for this type of component',
+  cryptmethod => 'Indicates the method that was used to encrypt the password attribute.  If a value is provided for this attribute it indicates that the passwword attribute is encrypted.  If the cryptmethod value is not set it indicates the password is a simple string value.',
      comments => 'Any user-written notes.',
      disable => "Set to 'yes' or '1' to comment out this row.",
  },