diff --git a/src/linkahead/utils/linkahead_admin.py b/src/linkahead/utils/linkahead_admin.py
index ca5f3c01e0bbe95fe712761ec7f443ec88d406fd..63904d443d54eab6bddf415f459bc6f5f842d72b 100755
--- a/src/linkahead/utils/linkahead_admin.py
+++ b/src/linkahead/utils/linkahead_admin.py
@@ -467,8 +467,8 @@ USAGE
         metavar='REALM',
         dest="realm",
         nargs="?",
-        default=None,
-        help="The realm of the user who's password is to be set.")
+        default="CaosDB",
+        help="The realm of the user who's password is to be set.  Default is 'CaosDB'.")
     subparser.add_argument(
         metavar='PASSWORD',
         nargs="?",