diff --git a/awx/main/middleware.py b/awx/main/middleware.py
index 1ec6ab8129..3baeaa5d32 100644
--- a/awx/main/middleware.py
+++ b/awx/main/middleware.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class DeprecatedAuthTokenMiddleware(object):
     2.  Rewrites `request.path` to `/api/v2/users/N/personal_tokens/`
     3.  Detects the username and password in the request body (either in JSON,
         or form-encoded variables) and builds an appropriate HTTP_AUTHORIZATION
-        Bearer header
+        Basic header
     """
 
     def process_request(self, request):