From b191b91322548feb2e2bf63cb8c18fed7ec9e79e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Alme <jon.alme@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:48:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update property encryption content with note regarding
 omitting surrounding quotes when saving encrypted value in .properties file.

---
 docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc
index f34258f6..321f780e 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc
@@ -338,6 +338,14 @@ spring:
     password: '{cipher}FKSAJDFGYOS8F7GLHAKERGFHLSAJ'
 ----
 
+Encrypted values in a .properties file must not be wrapped in quotes, otherwise the value will not be decrypted:
+
+.application.properties
+----
+spring.datasource.username: dbuser
+spring.datasource.password: {cipher}FKSAJDFGYOS8F7GLHAKERGFHLSAJ
+----
+
 You can safely push this plain text to a shared git repository and the
 secret password is protected.