diff --git a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/configure/password.rst b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/configure/password.rst
index 672bdc75b..5b907820e 100644
--- a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/configure/password.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/configure/password.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Configure passwords
 
    * Encrypted using ``openssl``: ::
 
-       chtab key=system passwd.username=root passwd.password=`openssl passwd -1 abc123`
+       chtab key=system passwd.username=root passwd.password=`openssl passwd -6 abc123`
 
 
 #. Configure the passwords for Management modules of the compute nodes.
diff --git a/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/passwd/case0 b/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/passwd/case0
index 42a862d69..b72ba2efd 100644
--- a/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/passwd/case0
+++ b/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/passwd/case0
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ cmd:gettab key=system passwd.cryptmethod > /tmp/tmpcryptmethod
 check:rc==0
 cmd:gettab key=system passwd.password > /tmp/tmppassword
 check:rc==0
-cmd:chtab key=system passwd.username=root passwd.password=`openssl passwd -1 abc123`
+cmd:chtab key=system passwd.username=root passwd.password=`openssl passwd -6 abc123`
 check:rc==0
 cmd:gettab key=system passwd.password > /tmp/tmpcryptedpasswd
 check:rc==0
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ cmd:gettab key=system passwd.cryptmethod > /tmp/tmpcryptmethod
 check:rc==0
 cmd:gettab key=system passwd.password > /tmp/tmppassword
 check:rc==0
-cmd:chtab key=system passwd.username=root passwd.password=`openssl passwd -1 abc123`
+cmd:chtab key=system passwd.username=root passwd.password=`openssl passwd -6 abc123`
 check:rc==0
 cmd:gettab key=system passwd.password |grep '\$1\$'
 check:rc==0