diff --git a/docs/schema-registry.rst b/docs/schema-registry.rst
index 5b925dc92..369226136 100644
--- a/docs/schema-registry.rst
+++ b/docs/schema-registry.rst
@@ -129,10 +129,26 @@ Kafka Producer Integration with SchemaRegistry
      config.put(ProducerConfig.KEY_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, StringSerializer.class.getName());
      config.put(ProducerConfig.VALUE_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, KafkaAvroSerializer.class.getName());
 
+
+.. code:: java
+
+     config.put(ProducerConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, bootstrapServers);
+     config.put(SchemaRegistryClient.Configuration.SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL.name(), props.get(SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL));
+     config.put(ProducerConfig.KEY_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, StringSerializer.class.getName());
+     config.put(ProducerConfig.VALUE_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, KafkaAvroSerializer.class.getName());
+     config.put(SchemaRegistryClient.Configuration.AUTH_USERNAME, "user1");
+     config.put(SchemaRegistryClient.Configuration.AUTH_PASSWORD, "password");
+
 Important settings from the above are
 **schema.registry.url**:
   This should be set to where the registry server is running ex: http://localhost:9090/api/v1
 
+**schema.registry.auth.username**:
+  If the schema registry service is behind a proxy that supports Basic Authentication, the user name part of the credentials can be provided here.
+
+**schema.registry.auth.password**:
+  If the schema registry service is behind a proxy that supports Basic Authentication, the password part of the credentials can be provided here.
+
 **key.serializer**:
   *StringSerializer* is used in the above example.
 
@@ -191,11 +207,26 @@ Kafka Consumer Integration with SchemaRegistry
      config.put(ConsumerConfig.KEY_DESERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, StringDeserializer.class.getName());
      config.put(ConsumerConfig.VALUE_DESERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, KafkaAvroDeserializer.class.getName());
 
+.. code:: java
+
+     config.put(ProducerConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, bootstrapServers);
+     config.put(SchemaRegistryClient.Configuration.SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL.name(), props.get(SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL));
+     config.put(ProducerConfig.KEY_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, StringSerializer.class.getName());
+     config.put(ProducerConfig.VALUE_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, KafkaAvroSerializer.class.getName());
+     config.put(SchemaRegistryClient.Configuration.AUTH_USERNAME, "user1");
+     config.put(SchemaRegistryClient.Configuration.AUTH_PASSWORD, "password");
+
 Important settings from the above are
 
 **schema.registry.url**:
   This should be set to where the registry server is running ex: http://localhost:9090/api/v1
 
+**schema.registry.auth.username**:
+  If the schema registry service is behind a proxy that supports Basic Authentication, the user name part of the credentials can be provided here.
+
+**schema.registry.auth.password**:
+  If the schema registry service is behind a proxy that supports Basic Authentication, the password part of the credentials can be provided here.
+
 **key.deserializer**:
   *StringDeserializer* is used in the above example.
 
diff --git a/schema-registry/README.md b/schema-registry/README.md
index 97c6ae282..a453c59f2 100644
--- a/schema-registry/README.md
+++ b/schema-registry/README.md
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ sslMap.put("trustStoreType", "JKS");
 sslMap.put("trustStorePath", "/path/to/truststore/file");
 sslMap.put("trustStorePassword", "truststorepassword");
 config.put("schema.registry.client.ssl", sslMap);
-config.put(SchemaRegistryClient.Configuration.BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME, "knoxproxyusername");
-config.put(SchemaRegistryClient.Configuration.BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD, "knoxproxypassword");
+config.put(SchemaRegistryClient.Configuration.AUTH_USERNAME, "knoxproxyusername");
+config.put(SchemaRegistryClient.Configuration.AUTH_PASSWORD, "knoxproxypassword");
 SchemaRegistryClient schemaRegistryClient =  new SchemaRegistryClient(config);
 ```
 ## Using schema related APIs
diff --git a/schema-registry/client/src/main/java/com/hortonworks/registries/schemaregistry/client/SchemaRegistryClient.java b/schema-registry/client/src/main/java/com/hortonworks/registries/schemaregistry/client/SchemaRegistryClient.java
index 5438254ce..721389357 100644
--- a/schema-registry/client/src/main/java/com/hortonworks/registries/schemaregistry/client/SchemaRegistryClient.java
+++ b/schema-registry/client/src/main/java/com/hortonworks/registries/schemaregistry/client/SchemaRegistryClient.java
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ public SchemaRegistryClient(Map<String, ?> conf) {
         }
         client = clientBuilder.build();
         client.register(MultiPartFeature.class);
-        String userName = configuration.getValue(Configuration.BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME.name());
-        String password = configuration.getValue(Configuration.BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD.name());
+        String userName = configuration.getValue(Configuration.AUTH_USERNAME.name());
+        String password = configuration.getValue(Configuration.AUTH_PASSWORD.name());
         if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(userName) && StringUtils.isNotEmpty(password)){
             HttpAuthenticationFeature feature = HttpAuthenticationFeature.basic(userName, password);
             client.register(feature);
@@ -1419,21 +1419,23 @@ public static final class Configuration {
         /**
          * Username for basic authentication.
          */
-        public static final ConfigEntry<String> BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME =
+        public static final ConfigEntry<String> AUTH_USERNAME =
                 ConfigEntry.optional("schema.registry.auth.username",
                         String.class,
                         "Username for basic authentication",
                         null,
+                        ConfigEntry.StringConverter.get(),
                         ConfigEntry.NonEmptyStringValidator.get());
 
         /**
          * Password for basic authentication.
          */
-        public static final ConfigEntry<String> BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD =
+        public static final ConfigEntry<String> AUTH_PASSWORD =
                 ConfigEntry.optional("schema.registry.auth.password",
                         String.class,
                         "Password for basic authentication",
                         null,
+                        ConfigEntry.StringConverter.get(),
                         ConfigEntry.NonEmptyStringValidator.get());
 
         private final Map<String, ?> config;