diff --git a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/GetVMPasswordResponse.java b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/GetVMPasswordResponse.java
index c72031b8220..7a4543d4379 100644
--- a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/GetVMPasswordResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/GetVMPasswordResponse.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import com.cloud.serializer.Param;
 public class GetVMPasswordResponse extends BaseResponse {
 
     @SerializedName("encryptedpassword")
-    @Param(description = "The encrypted password of the VM")
+    @Param(description = "The base64 encoded encrypted password of the VM")
     private String encryptedPassword;
 
     public GetVMPasswordResponse() {