diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/admin-users-default-change.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/admin-users-default-change.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12fc2cde78b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/admin-users-default-change.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - Changed the admin_users config option to not include "admin" by default as
+    admin is frequently used for a non-privileged account  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/41164)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/shell_common.py b/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/shell_common.py
index f82dc572e6a..5e80d9e0edc 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/shell_common.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/shell_common.py
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ options:
       - dictionary of environment variables and their values to use when executing commands.
   admin_users:
     type: list
-    default: ['root', 'toor', 'admin']
+    default: ['root', 'toor']
     description:
-      - list of users to be expected to have admin privileges, for BSD you might want to add 'toor' for windows 'Administrator'.
+      - list of users to be expected to have admin privileges. This is used by the controller to
+        determine how to share temporary files between the remote user and the become user.
     env:
       - name: ANSIBLE_ADMIN_USERS
     ini: