diff --git a/lib/core/optiondict.py b/lib/core/optiondict.py
index c7634d945..5c3a6c1b2 100644
--- a/lib/core/optiondict.py
+++ b/lib/core/optiondict.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ optDict = {
                                "testParameter":     "string",
                                "skip":              "string",
                                "dbms":              "string",
+                               "dbmsCred":          "string",
                                "os":                "string",
                                "invalidBignum":     "boolean",
                                "invalidLogical":    "boolean",
@@ -175,7 +176,6 @@ optDict = {
                                "checkTor":          "boolean",
                                "crawlDepth":        "integer",
                                "csvDel":            "string",
-                               "dbmsCred":          "string",
                                "dumpFormat":        "string",
                                "eta":               "boolean",
                                "flushSession":      "boolean",
diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index bc06912ed..97a281f17 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ def cmdLineParser():
         injection.add_option("--dbms", dest="dbms",
                              help="Force back-end DBMS to this value")
 
+        injection.add_option("--dbms-cred", dest="dbmsCred",
+                            help="DBMS authentication credentials (user:password)")
+
         injection.add_option("--os", dest="os",
                              help="Force back-end DBMS operating system "
                                   "to this value")
@@ -549,9 +552,6 @@ def cmdLineParser():
                                   help="Delimiting character used in CSV output "
                                   "(default \"%s\")" % defaults.csvDel)
 
-        general.add_option("--dbms-cred", dest="dbmsCred",
-                            help="DBMS authentication credentials (user:password)")
-
         general.add_option("--dump-format", dest="dumpFormat",
                                   help="Format of dumped data (CSV (default), HTML or SQLITE)")
 
diff --git a/sqlmap.conf b/sqlmap.conf
index 8faed8ee3..dbe0cc417 100644
--- a/sqlmap.conf
+++ b/sqlmap.conf
@@ -185,6 +185,14 @@ skip =
 # access, firebird, maxdb, sybase
 dbms = 
 
+# DBMS authentication credentials (user:password). Useful if you want to
+# run SQL statements as another user, the back-end database management
+# system is PostgreSQL or Microsoft SQL Server and the parameter is
+# vulnerable by stacked queries SQL injection or you are connecting directly
+# to the DBMS (-d switch).
+# Syntax: username:password
+dbmsCred = 
+
 # Force back-end DBMS operating system to this value. If this option is
 # set, the back-end DBMS identification process will be minimized as
 # needed.
@@ -596,14 +604,6 @@ crawlDepth = 0
 # Default: ,
 csvDel = ,
 
-# DBMS authentication credentials (user:password). Useful if you want to
-# run SQL statements as another user, the back-end database management
-# system is PostgreSQL or Microsoft SQL Server and the parameter is
-# vulnerable by stacked queries SQL injection or you are connecting directly
-# to the DBMS (-d switch).
-# Syntax: username:password
-dbmsCred = 
-
 # Format of dumped data
 # Valid: CSV, HTML or SQLITE
 dumpFormat = CSV