diff --git a/desktop/conf.dist/hue.ini b/desktop/conf.dist/hue.ini
index 911222c17c1ad58df1743ff64761a53f69e22805..7c22705e050ac771dd9a80dacb49a6755c2c4903 100644
--- a/desktop/conf.dist/hue.ini
+++ b/desktop/conf.dist/hue.ini
@@ -637,6 +637,9 @@
       # Change this if your MapReduce cluster is Kerberos-secured
       ## security_enabled=false
 
+      # jobtracker kerberos principal name
+      ## jt_kerberos_principal=mapred
+
     # HA support by specifying multiple clusters
     # e.g.
 
diff --git a/desktop/conf/pseudo-distributed.ini.tmpl b/desktop/conf/pseudo-distributed.ini.tmpl
index 379b6af31dee52684cbe1cc760fadaf8be367a31..578c60f795c8c296288a6edf4f7a549972b4f522 100644
--- a/desktop/conf/pseudo-distributed.ini.tmpl
+++ b/desktop/conf/pseudo-distributed.ini.tmpl
@@ -644,6 +644,9 @@
       # Change this if your MapReduce cluster is Kerberos-secured
       ## security_enabled=false
 
+      # jobtracker kerberos principal name
+      ## jt_kerberos_principal=mapred
+
     # HA support by specifying multiple clusters
     # e.g.