diff --git a/doc/documentation_page.md b/doc/documentation_page.md
index 5d93df3..acb476b 100644
--- a/doc/documentation_page.md
+++ b/doc/documentation_page.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ You can set environment variables for your connection string through the followi
     mssql-scripter
 
     # set environment variable MSSQL_SCRIPTER_PASSWORD so no password input is required.
-    export MSSQL_SCRIPTER_PASSWORD='ABC123'
+    export MSSQL_SCRIPTER_PASSWORD='[PLACEHOLDER]'
     mssql-scripter -S localhost -d AdventureWorks -U sa
     
  ## Generate and run scripts
diff --git a/doc/usage_guide.md b/doc/usage_guide.md
index c9ad644..e89a9b5 100644
--- a/doc/usage_guide.md
+++ b/doc/usage_guide.md
@@ -225,5 +225,5 @@ You can set environment variables for your connection string through the followi
     $ mssql-scripter
 
     # set environment variable MSSQL_SCRIPTER_PASSWORD so no password input is required.
-    $ export MSSQL_SCRIPTER_PASSWORD='ABC123'
+    $ export MSSQL_SCRIPTER_PASSWORD='[PLACEHOLDER]'
     $ mssql-scripter -S localhost -d AdventureWorks -U sa
diff --git a/mssqlscripter/tests/test_argparser.py b/mssqlscripter/tests/test_argparser.py
index 74af7a0..6c46fca 100644
--- a/mssqlscripter/tests/test_argparser.py
+++ b/mssqlscripter/tests/test_argparser.py
@@ -29,20 +29,20 @@ def test_connection_string_builder(self):
 
         standard_connection = [u'-S', u'TestServer', u'-d', u'mydatabase', u'-U', 'my_username', u'-P', 'secret']
         parameters = parser.parse_arguments(standard_connection)
-        self.assertEqual(parameters.ConnectionString, u'Server=TestServer;Database=mydatabase;User Id=my_username;Password=secret;')
+        self.assertEqual(parameters.ConnectionString, u'Server=TestServer;Database=mydatabase;User Id=my_username;Password=PLACEHOLDER;')
 
     def test_connection_string_with_environment(self):
         """
             Verify parser picks up connection string and password from environment variable.
         """
-        os.environ[parser.MSSQL_SCRIPTER_CONNECTION_STRING] = u'Server=TestServer;Database=mydatabase;User Id=my_username;Password=secret;'
+        os.environ[parser.MSSQL_SCRIPTER_CONNECTION_STRING] = u'Server=TestServer;Database=mydatabase;User Id=my_username;Password=PLACEHOLDER;'
         parameters = parser.parse_arguments(['--append'])
-        self.assertEqual(parameters.ConnectionString, u'Server=TestServer;Database=mydatabase;User Id=my_username;Password=secret;')
+        self.assertEqual(parameters.ConnectionString, u'Server=TestServer;Database=mydatabase;User Id=my_username;Password=PLACEHOLDER;')
 
         standard_connection = [u'-S', u'TestServer', u'-d', u'mydatabase', u'-U', 'my_username']
-        os.environ[parser.MSSQL_SCRIPTER_PASSWORD] = u'secret123ABC'
+        os.environ[parser.MSSQL_SCRIPTER_PASSWORD] = u'PLACEHOLDER'
         parameters = parser.parse_arguments(standard_connection)
-        self.assertEqual(parameters.ConnectionString, u'Server=TestServer;Database=mydatabase;User Id=my_username;Password=secret123ABC;')
+        self.assertEqual(parameters.ConnectionString, u'Server=TestServer;Database=mydatabase;User Id=my_username;Password=PLACEHOLDER;')
 
 
 if __name__ == u'__main__':