diff --git a/dev_guide/builds.adoc b/dev_guide/builds.adoc
index 43891e298a61..11de4b57a380 100644
--- a/dev_guide/builds.adoc
+++ b/dev_guide/builds.adoc
@@ -826,49 +826,20 @@ repository:
 +
 ====
 ----
-$ oc create -f secret.json
+$ oc secrets new scmsecret ssh-privatekey=$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
 ----
 ====
 
-. The `*data*` field for the `*secret*` must contain your private key with the
-value set to the base64-encoded content of that file:
-+
-====
 
-----
-$ base64 -w 0 $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
-6yJodHRwc1ovL2zuZGV4LmRvY21lci5aby92MS8iOnsiYXV0aCI6ImJXWnZhblJwYXpwdVoybGxkR2d4TUE9PSIsImVtYWlsIj8ibWlAbWlmby5zayJ9fQ==
-----
-====
-
-. Copy the value returned from the above command and place it into the
-`ssh-privatekey` field in `*_secret.json_*` file:
+. Add the `*secret*` to the builder service account:
 +
 ====
 
 ----
-{
-  "kind": "Secret",
-  "apiVersion": "v1",
-  "metadata": {
-    "name": "scmsecret"
-  },
-  "data": {
-    "ssh-privatekey": "6yJodHRwc1ovL2zuZGV4LmRvY21lci5aby92MS8iOnsiYXV0aCI6ImJXWnZhblJwYXpwdVoybGxkR2d4TUE9PSIsImVtYWlsIj8ibWlAbWlmby5zayJ9fQ=="
-  },
-  "type": "Opaque"
-}
+$ oc secrets add serviceaccount/builder secrets/scmsecret
 ----
 ====
 
-. Create a second `*secret*` for Docker from the *_secret.json_* file:
-+
-====
-
-----
-$ oc create -f secret.json
-----
-====
 
 . Add a `*sourceSecret*` field into the `*source*` section inside the
 buildConfig and set it to the name of the `*secret*` that you created, in this