diff --git a/game/manage.py b/game/manage.py
index 2bb347bd18..3ef5384ec3 100755
--- a/game/manage.py
+++ b/game/manage.py
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ from src.settings_default import *
 
 ######################################################################
 # SECRET_KEY was randomly seeded when settings.py was first created.
-# Don't share this with anybody. Warning: if you edit SECRET_KEY
-# *after* creating any accounts, your users won't be able to login,
-# since SECRET_KEY is used to salt passwords.
+# Don't share this with anybody. It is used by Evennia to handle
+# cryptographic hashing for things like cookies on the web side.
 ######################################################################
 SECRET_KEY = '%s'
 
diff --git a/src/settings_default.py b/src/settings_default.py
index f594413111..626d559804 100644
--- a/src/settings_default.py
+++ b/src/settings_default.py
@@ -514,8 +514,8 @@ except ImportError:
 #######################################################################
 # SECRET_KEY
 #######################################################################
-# This is the salt for account passwords. It is a fallback for the
-# SECRET_KEY setting in settings.py, which is randomly seeded when
-# settings.py is first created. If copying from here, make sure to
-# change it!
+# This is the salt for cryptographic hashing used by Django.
+# It is a fallback for the SECRET_KEY setting in settings.py, which
+# is randomly seeded when settings.py is first created. If copying
+# from here, make sure to change it!
 SECRET_KEY = 'changeme!(*#&*($&*(#*(&SDFKJJKLS*(@#KJAS'