diff --git a/docs/docs/configuration/overview.md b/docs/docs/configuration/overview.md
index 197c862c..35ed4be3 100644
--- a/docs/docs/configuration/overview.md
+++ b/docs/docs/configuration/overview.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
   <TabItem value="bash">
 
   ```shell
-  cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1 | base64
+  dd if=/dev/urandom bs=32 count=1 2>/dev/null | base64 | tr -d -- '\n' | tr -- '+/' '-_'; echo
   ```
 
   </TabItem>
diff --git a/docs/versioned_docs/version-6.1.x/configuration/overview.md b/docs/versioned_docs/version-6.1.x/configuration/overview.md
index 229aac85..5c0cbf95 100644
--- a/docs/versioned_docs/version-6.1.x/configuration/overview.md
+++ b/docs/versioned_docs/version-6.1.x/configuration/overview.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
   <TabItem value="bash">
 
   ```shell
-  cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1 | base64
+  dd if=/dev/urandom bs=32 count=1 2>/dev/null | base64 | tr -d -- '\n' | tr -- '+/' '-_'; echo
   ```
 
   </TabItem>
diff --git a/docs/versioned_docs/version-7.0.x/configuration/overview.md b/docs/versioned_docs/version-7.0.x/configuration/overview.md
index 938a1b77..b77a5517 100644
--- a/docs/versioned_docs/version-7.0.x/configuration/overview.md
+++ b/docs/versioned_docs/version-7.0.x/configuration/overview.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
   <TabItem value="bash">
 
   ```shell
-  cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1 | base64
+  dd if=/dev/urandom bs=32 count=1 2>/dev/null | base64 | tr -d -- '\n' | tr -- '+/' '-_'; echo
   ```
 
   </TabItem>
diff --git a/docs/versioned_docs/version-7.1.x/configuration/overview.md b/docs/versioned_docs/version-7.1.x/configuration/overview.md
index f211f507..9a2113e7 100644
--- a/docs/versioned_docs/version-7.1.x/configuration/overview.md
+++ b/docs/versioned_docs/version-7.1.x/configuration/overview.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: Overview
 
 ### Generating a Cookie Secret
 
-To generate a strong cookie secret use `python -c 'import os,base64; print(base64.urlsafe_b64encode(os.urandom(16)).decode())'`
+To generate a strong cookie secret use `python -c 'import os,base64; print(base64.urlsafe_b64encode(os.urandom(32)).decode())'`
 
 ### Config File
 
diff --git a/docs/versioned_docs/version-7.2.x/configuration/overview.md b/docs/versioned_docs/version-7.2.x/configuration/overview.md
index a5df97dd..092fb7dc 100644
--- a/docs/versioned_docs/version-7.2.x/configuration/overview.md
+++ b/docs/versioned_docs/version-7.2.x/configuration/overview.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
   <TabItem value="bash">
 
   ```shell
-  cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1 | base64
+  dd if=/dev/urandom bs=32 count=1 2>/dev/null | base64 | tr -d -- '\n' | tr -- '+/' '-_'; echo
   ```
 
   </TabItem>