diff --git a/doc/source/configuration/configuring.rst b/doc/source/configuration/configuring.rst
index c6cec993f..4ec900bbb 100644
--- a/doc/source/configuration/configuring.rst
+++ b/doc/source/configuration/configuring.rst
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ MySQL database that is used by other OpenStack services.
    ``watcher`` user. Replace WATCHER_DBPASSWORD
    with the actual password::
 
-    $ mysql -u root -p
+    # mysql
 
     mysql> CREATE DATABASE watcher CHARACTER SET utf8;
     mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON watcher.* TO 'watcher'@'localhost' \
diff --git a/doc/source/install/common_prerequisites.rst b/doc/source/install/common_prerequisites.rst
index c367894d3..e2ef9b83a 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/common_prerequisites.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/common_prerequisites.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ you must create a database, service credentials, and API endpoints.
 
      .. code-block:: console
 
-        $ mysql -u root -p
+        # mysql
 
    * Create the ``watcher`` database: