diff --git a/kong/plugins/basic-auth/schema.lua b/kong/plugins/basic-auth/schema.lua
index e16c61b2e3f..301f0f1545e 100644
--- a/kong/plugins/basic-auth/schema.lua
+++ b/kong/plugins/basic-auth/schema.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ return {
         fields = {
           { anonymous = { description = "An optional string (Consumer UUID or username) value to use as an “anonymous” consumer if authentication fails. If empty (default null), the request will fail with an authentication failure `4xx`. Please note that this value must refer to the Consumer `id` or `username` attribute, and **not** its `custom_id`.", type = "string" }, },
           { hide_credentials = { description = "An optional boolean value telling the plugin to show or hide the credential from the upstream service. If `true`, the plugin will strip the credential from the request (i.e. the `Authorization` header) before proxying it.", type = "boolean", required = true, default = false }, },
-          { realm = { description = "When authentication or authorization fails, or there is an unexpected error, the plugin sends an `WWW-Authenticate` header with the `realm` attribute value.", type = "string", required = true, default = "service" }, },
+          { realm = { description = "When authentication fails the plugin sends `WWW-Authenticate` header with `realm` attribute value.", type = "string", required = true, default = "service" }, },
     }, }, },
   },
 }