Index: docs/databases.txt
===================================================================
--- docs/databases.txt	(revision 6248)
+++ docs/databases.txt	(working copy)
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
   [client]
   database = DATABASE_NAME
   user = DATABASE_USER
-  passwd = DATABASE_PASSWORD
+  password = DATABASE_PASSWORD
   default-character-set = utf8
 
 Several other MySQLdb connection options may be useful, such as ``ssl``,