diff --git a/doc/api-details.md b/doc/api-details.md
index 4cc2d7e8..3f6c83e0 100644
--- a/doc/api-details.md
+++ b/doc/api-details.md
@@ -68,13 +68,14 @@ $ curl -X 'POST'
 {'id': '615f30020eb7c3c6616e5ac3', 'email': 'test@kernelci.org', 'is_active':true, 'is_superuser':false, 'is_verified':false, 'username': 'test', 'groups': []}
 ```
 
-An user accout can be added to multiple user groups by providing user group names to request query parameter. All the admin users
-should be added to `admin` group by default.
-To create an admin user, provide username, email, password, `"groups": ["admin"]`, and `"is_superuser": 1` to request data dictionary.
+To create an admin user, provide username, email, password, and `"is_superuser": 1` to request data dictionary.
+A user account can be added to multiple user groups by providing a list of user group names to request dictionary.
+
+For example, the below command will create an admin user and add it to `kernelci` user group.
 
 ```
-$ curl -X 'POST' 'http://localhost:8001/latest/user/register' -H 'accept: application/json'   -H 'Content-Type: application/json'  -H 'Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ0ZXN0Iiwic2NvcGVzIjpbImFkbWluIiwidXNlciJdfQ.KhcIWfMRr3xTFSCLcr5L4KTUVSsfSsLeyRDEjgkQRBg' -d '{"username": "test_admin", "email": "test-admin@kernelci.org", "password": "admin", "groups": ["admin"], "is_superuser": 1}'
-{'_id': '615f30020eb7c3c6616e5ac6', 'username': 'test_admin', 'email': 'test-admin@kernelci.org', 'is_active':true, 'is_superuser':true, 'is_verified':false, 'groups': [{'id':'648c07a70fccad400a122509','name':'admin'}]}
+$ curl -X 'POST' 'http://localhost:8001/latest/user/register' -H 'accept: application/json'   -H 'Content-Type: application/json'  -H 'Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ0ZXN0Iiwic2NvcGVzIjpbImFkbWluIiwidXNlciJdfQ.KhcIWfMRr3xTFSCLcr5L4KTUVSsfSsLeyRDEjgkQRBg' -d '{"username": "test_admin", "email": "test-admin@kernelci.org", "password": "admin", "is_superuser": 1, "groups": ["kernelci"]}'
+{'_id': '615f30020eb7c3c6616e5ac6', 'username': 'test_admin', 'email': 'test-admin@kernelci.org', 'is_active':true, 'is_superuser':true, 'is_verified':false, 'groups': [{"id":"648ff894bd39930355ed16ad","name":"kernelci"}]}
 ```
 
 Another way of creating users is to use `kci user add` tool from kernelci-core.
diff --git a/doc/local-instance.md b/doc/local-instance.md
index cd9ba625..54d0e67b 100644
--- a/doc/local-instance.md
+++ b/doc/local-instance.md
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ tool provided in the `kernelci-api` repository which has a wrapper script
 ```
 $ ./scripts/setup_admin_user --email EMAIL
 Creating kernelci-api_api_run ... done
-Creating admin group...
 Password for user 'admin':
 Creating admin user...
 ```
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ $ curl -X 'GET' \
   -H 'accept: application/json' \
   -H 'Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJib2IifQ.KHkILtsJaCmueOfFCj79HGr6kHamuZFdB1Yz_5GqcC4'
 {"id":"615f30020eb7c3c6616e5ac3", "email": "admin@kernelci.org", "is_active":true, "is_superuser":true, "is_verified":true,
-"groups": [{"id":"648c07a70fccad400a122509","name":"admin"}], "username":"admin"}
+"groups": [], "username":"admin"}
 ```
 
 ### Setup SSH keys