diff --git a/model.py b/model.py
index e0b3cd20d..6ad424e23 100644
--- a/model.py
+++ b/model.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 class User(dict):
     """ Every user must have keys for a username, name, passphrase (this
-    is a md5 hash of the password), groups, and an email address.  They can be
-    blank or None, but the keys must exist. """
+    is a bcrypt hash of the password), salt, groups, and an email address.
+    They can be blank or None, but the keys must exist. """
     def __init__(self, dict=None):
-        for key in ['username', 'name', 'passphrase', 'email']:
+        for key in ['username', 'name', 'passphrase', 'salt', 'email']:
             self[key] = ''
         for key in ['groups']:
             self[key] = []