diff --git a/docbook/reference/en/en-US/modules/direct-access.xml b/docbook/reference/en/en-US/modules/direct-access.xml
index c08735b..39b0e5c 100755
--- a/docbook/reference/en/en-US/modules/direct-access.xml
+++ b/docbook/reference/en/en-US/modules/direct-access.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ try {
if (isPublic()) { // if client is public access type
formparams.add(new BasicNameValuePair(OAuth2Constants.CLIENT_ID, "customer-portal"));
+ formparams.add(new BasicNameValuePair(OAuth2Constants.GRANT_TYPE, "password"));
} else {
String authorization = BasicAuthHelper.createHeader("customer-portal", "secret-secret-secret");
post.setHeader("Authorization", authorization);
diff --git a/examples/demo-template/admin-access-app/src/main/java/org/keycloak/example/AdminClient.java b/examples/demo-template/admin-access-app/src/main/java/org/keycloak/example/AdminClient.java
index 8f6c951..8b3d40c 100755
--- a/examples/demo-template/admin-access-app/src/main/java/org/keycloak/example/AdminClient.java
+++ b/examples/demo-template/admin-access-app/src/main/java/org/keycloak/example/AdminClient.java
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ public class AdminClient {
List <NameValuePair> formparams = new ArrayList <NameValuePair>();
formparams.add(new BasicNameValuePair("username", "admin"));
formparams.add(new BasicNameValuePair("password", "password"));
+ formparams.add(new BasicNameValuePair(OAuth2Constants.GRANT_TYPE, "password"));
formparams.add(new BasicNameValuePair(OAuth2Constants.CLIENT_ID, "admin-client"));
UrlEncodedFormEntity form = new UrlEncodedFormEntity(formparams, "UTF-8");
post.setEntity(form);