diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/backups/v2.5/configuration/backup-config/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/backups/v2.5/configuration/backup-config/_index.md
index 0861563cfba..db1fa9b2881 100644
--- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/backups/v2.5/configuration/backup-config/_index.md
+++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/backups/v2.5/configuration/backup-config/_index.md
@@ -140,6 +140,13 @@ data:
   secretKey: <Enter your secret key>
 ```
 
+Make sure to encode the keys to base64 in YAML file.
+Run the following command to encode the keys.
+
+```
+echo -n "your_key" |base64  
+```
+
 ### IAM Permissions for EC2 Nodes to Access S3
 
 There are two ways to set up the `rancher-backup` operator to use S3 as the backup storage location.