diff --git a/wp-sync-deploy.example.env b/wp-sync-deploy.example.env
index ffba2e5..401429d 100644
--- a/wp-sync-deploy.example.env
+++ b/wp-sync-deploy.example.env
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ WP_THEME="mytheme"
 # Production Server
 PROD_HOST="example.com"
 PROD_PROTOCOL="https"
-PROD_HTTP_AUTH="" # for HTTP Authentication, e.g. username:password@example.com
+PROD_HTTP_AUTH="" # for HTTP Authentication, e.g. "username:password"
 PROD_WEB_ROOT="/absolute/path/to/webroot"
 PROD_SSH="username@example.com"
 PROD_PHP_BINARY="php"