diff --git a/docs/getting-started/authserver.md b/docs/getting-started/authserver.md
index 38786e9f6..8ffc870f7 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started/authserver.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started/authserver.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ The public key auth ContainerSSH will call out to `/pubkey` in the following for
 }
 ```
 
-The public key is provided in the SSH wire format in base64 encoding.
+The public key is provided in the SSH authorized key format.
 
 Your server will need to respond with the following JSON: