diff --git a/CONFIG.md b/CONFIG.md
index ef4a086c..04206348 100644
--- a/CONFIG.md
+++ b/CONFIG.md
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ Need a user and password for the lms to log in as.
 
 There's a management command, which is a bit funny since it's intended for AWS.
 
-Put this in the base xqueue directory
-
-```{
-  "USERS": {"lms": "abcd"}
-}```
+Create a file named `auth.json` in the base xqueue directory with the below contents:
 
+```{"USERS": {"lms": "abcd"}}```
+    
 Run
 
 `django-admin.py update_users --pythonpath=. --settings=xqueue.settings`