Update authentication.adoc - update details on config-watcher (#1165)

david-yu · andrewstucki · JakeSCahill · web-flow · commit c86fa5a00313 · 2025-06-16T21:36:32.000+01:00
Co-authored-by: Andrew Stucki &lt;andrew.stucki@gmail.com&gt;
Co-authored-by: Jake Cahill &lt;45230295+JakeSCahill@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/modules/manage/partials/authentication.adoc b/modules/manage/partials/authentication.adoc
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ kubectl create secret generic redpanda-superusers \
   --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
 ----
 +
-The xref:reference:k-redpanda-helm-spec.adoc#statefulset-sidecars-configwatcher-enabled[`config-watcher` sidecar] in the Pod polls the Secret resource for changes and triggers a rolling upgrade to add the new superusers to the Redpanda cluster.
+The xref:reference:k-redpanda-helm-spec.adoc#statefulset-sidecars-configwatcher-enabled[`config-watcher` sidecar] in the Pod watches the superusers Secret for changes. When changes are observed, it creates and updates users accordingly.
 
 - If you created superusers using a YAML list, you can update the list:
 +

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`@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ kubectl create secret generic redpanda-superusers \`
`321`	`321`	`--dry-run=client -o yaml \| kubectl apply -f -`
`322`	`322`	`----`
`323`	`323`	`+`
`324`		-The xref:reference:k-redpanda-helm-spec.adoc#statefulset-sidecars-configwatcher-enabled[`config-watcher` sidecar] in the Pod polls the Secret resource for changes and triggers a rolling upgrade to add the new superusers to the Redpanda cluster.
	`324`	+The xref:reference:k-redpanda-helm-spec.adoc#statefulset-sidecars-configwatcher-enabled[`config-watcher` sidecar] in the Pod watches the superusers Secret for changes. When changes are observed, it creates and updates users accordingly.
`325`	`325`
`326`	`326`	`- If you created superusers using a YAML list, you can update the list:`
`327`	`327`	`+`