diff --git a/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-go-artifact-repositories.adoc b/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-go-artifact-repositories.adoc
index d8df0b58a1..f5830e78d3 100644
--- a/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-go-artifact-repositories.adoc
+++ b/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-go-artifact-repositories.adoc
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'
     controller.devfile.io/watch-secret: 'true'
-stringData:
+data:
   tls.cer: >-
-    __<Content_of_public_cert>__ <1>
+    __<Base64_encoded_content_of_public_cert>__ <1>
 ----
-<1> The content of the public cert.
+<1> Base64 encoding with disabled line wrapping.
 
 . Apply the ConfigMap to set the following environment variables in the `tools` container:
 +
diff --git a/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-gradle-artifact-repositories.adoc b/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-gradle-artifact-repositories.adoc
index f1a9017935..34d117f313 100644
--- a/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-gradle-artifact-repositories.adoc
+++ b/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-gradle-artifact-repositories.adoc
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'
     controller.devfile.io/watch-secret: 'true'
-stringData:
+data:
   tls.cer: >-
-    __<Content_of_public_cert>__ <1>
+    __<Base64_encoded_content_of_public_cert>__ <1>
 ----
-<1> The content of the public cert.
+<1> Base64 encoding with disabled line wrapping.
 
 . Apply the ConfigMap for the TrustStore initialization script:
 +
diff --git a/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-maven-artifact-repositories.adoc b/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-maven-artifact-repositories.adoc
index 05fbdffc64..6513e1e039 100644
--- a/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-maven-artifact-repositories.adoc
+++ b/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-maven-artifact-repositories.adoc
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'
     controller.devfile.io/watch-secret: 'true'
-stringData:
+data:
   tls.cer: >-
-    __<Content_of_public_cert>__ <1>
+    __<Base64_encoded_content_of_public_cert>__ <1>
 ----
-<1> The content of the public cert.
+<1> Base64 encoding with disabled line wrapping.
 
 . In the `__<username>__-{prod-id-short}` namespace, apply the ConfigMap to create the `settings.xml` file:
 +
diff --git a/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-npm-artifact-repositories.adoc b/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-npm-artifact-repositories.adoc
index 15db60a842..71138821f5 100644
--- a/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-npm-artifact-repositories.adoc
+++ b/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-npm-artifact-repositories.adoc
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'
     controller.devfile.io/watch-secret: 'true'
-stringData:
+data:
   nexus.cer: >-
-    __<Content_of_public_cert>__ <1>
+    <Base64_encoded_content_of_public_cert>__ <1>
 ----
-<1> The content of the public cert.
+<1> Base64 encoding with disabled line wrapping.
 
 . Apply the ConfigMap to set the following environment variables in the `tools` container:
 +
diff --git a/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-nuget-artifact-repositories.adoc b/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-nuget-artifact-repositories.adoc
index a216006160..bec40213b7 100644
--- a/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-nuget-artifact-repositories.adoc
+++ b/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-nuget-artifact-repositories.adoc
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'
     controller.devfile.io/watch-secret: 'true'
-stringData:
+data:
   tls.cer: >-
-    __<Content_of_public_cert>__ <1>
+    __<Base64_encoded_content_of_public_cert>__ <1>
 ----
-<1> The content of the public cert.
+<1> Base64 encoding with disabled line wrapping.
 
 . Apply the ConfigMap to set the environment variable for the path of the TLS certificate file in the `tools` container:
 +
diff --git a/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-python-artifact-repositories.adoc b/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-python-artifact-repositories.adoc
index 598abd8c86..ff400c03f4 100644
--- a/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-python-artifact-repositories.adoc
+++ b/modules/end-user-guide/pages/enabling-python-artifact-repositories.adoc
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'
     controller.devfile.io/watch-secret: 'true'
-stringData:
+data:
   tls.cer: >-
-    __<Content_of_public_cert>__ <1>
+    __<Base64_encoded_content_of_public_cert>__ <1>
 ----
-<1> The content of the public cert.
+<1> Base64 encoding with disabled line wrapping.
 
 . Apply the ConfigMap to set the following environment variables in the `tools` container:
 +