--- a/src/jdk.management.agent/share/conf/management.properties	Tue Nov 28 14:20:15 2017 +0100
+++ b/src/jdk.management.agent/share/conf/management.properties	Tue Nov 28 21:04:42 2017 +0530
@@ -301,6 +301,17 @@
 # com.sun.management.jmxremote.password.file=filepath
 
 #
+# ################# Hash passwords in password file ##############
+# com.sun.management.jmxremote.password.toHashes = true|false
+#      Default for this property is true.
+#      Specifies if passwords in the password file should be hashed or not.
+#      If this property is true, and if the password file is writable, and if the 
+#      system security policy allows writing into the password file,
+#      all the clear passwords in the password file will be replaced by
+#      their SHA3-512 hash when the file is read by the server
+#
+
+#
 # ################ RMI Access file location #####################
 #
 # com.sun.management.jmxremote.access.file=filepath