diff --git a/include/ldap_defaults.h b/include/ldap_defaults.h
index 2d0c1b17a0..ab60cb6dff 100644
--- a/include/ldap_defaults.h
+++ b/include/ldap_defaults.h
@@ -204,12 +204,12 @@ Please try again later.\r\n"
 	/* minimum max ids that a single index entry can map to in ldbm */
 #define SLAPD_LDBM_MIN_MAXIDS		4000
 
-/* the following DNs must be normalized and in uppercase! */
+/* the following DNs must be normalized! */
 	/* dn of the special "monitor" entry */
-#define SLAPD_MONITOR_DN		"CN=MONITOR"
+#define SLAPD_MONITOR_DN		"cn=Monitor"
 	/* dn of the special "config" entry */
-#define SLAPD_CONFIG_DN			"CN=CONFIG"
+#define SLAPD_CONFIG_DN			"cn=Config"
 	/* dn of the special "schema" entry */
-#define SLAPD_SCHEMA_DN			"CN=SCHEMA"
+#define SLAPD_SCHEMA_DN			"cn=Schema"
 
 #endif /* _LDAP_CONFIG_H */