diff --git a/salt/strelka/defaults.yaml b/salt/strelka/defaults.yaml
index f338ce3ff..2183c0152 100644
--- a/salt/strelka/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/strelka/defaults.yaml
@@ -708,19 +708,19 @@ strelka:
       response:
         log: "/var/log/strelka/strelka.log"
       broker:
-        bootstrap: "full broker here"
-        protocol: "protocol here"
-        certlocation: "path"
-        keylocation: "path"
-        calocation: "path"
-        topic: "topic name here"
-        s3redundancy: "Boolean to pipe logs to S3 if kafka connection interrupted"
+        bootstrap: "PLACEHOLDER"
+        protocol: "PLACEHOLDER"
+        certlocation: "PLACEHOLDER"
+        keylocation: "PLACEHOLDER"
+        calocation: "PLACEHOLDER"
+        topic: "PLACEHOLDER"
+        s3redundancy: "PLACEHOLDER - This should be a boolean value"
       s3:
-        accesskey: "abcd"
-        secretkey: "abcd"
-        bucketName: "bucket name"
-        region: "Region that the S3 Bucket resides in"
-        endpoint: "Endpoint that the S3 bucket refers to"
+        accesskey: "PLACEHOLDER"
+        secretkey: "PLACEHOLDER"
+        bucketName: "PLACEHOLDER'
+        region: "PLACEHOLDER"
+        endpoint: "PLACEHOLDER"
   manager:
     enabled: False
     config: