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+Make `AesHmacSha2KeyDescription` consistent with `KeyDescription` in marking `name` as optional.
diff --git a/content/client-server-api/modules/secrets.md b/content/client-server-api/modules/secrets.md
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 | Parameter   | Type   | Description                                                                                                                       |
 |-------------|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| name        | string | **Required.** The name of the key.                                                                                                |
+| name        | string | Optional. The name of the key.                                                                                                    |
 | algorithm   | string | **Required.** The encryption algorithm to be used for this key. Currently, only `m.secret_storage.v1.aes-hmac-sha2` is supported. |
 | passphrase  | object | See [deriving keys from passphrases](#deriving-keys-from-passphrases) section for a description of this property.                 |
 | iv          | string | The 16-byte initialization vector, encoded as base64.                                                                             |