# HG changeset patch
# User Martin Geisler <mg@lazybytes.net>
# Date 1291195300 -3600
# Node ID 4fdb4b18eb3d6664dff49fed885841cac58107c7
# Parent  2649be11ab0bf0523bf8169af07de442cfa3141f
hgrc.5: describe what the [auth] section is for

diff -r 2649be11ab0b -r 4fdb4b18eb3d doc/hgrc.5.txt
--- a/doc/hgrc.5.txt	Tue Nov 30 17:48:12 2010 +0900
+++ b/doc/hgrc.5.txt	Wed Dec 01 10:21:40 2010 +0100
@@ -203,8 +203,13 @@
 
 ``auth``
 """"""""
-Authentication credentials for HTTP authentication. Each line has
-the following format::
+
+Authentication credentials for HTTP authentication. This section
+allows you to store usernames and passwords for use when logging
+*into* HTTP servers. See the web_ configuration section if you want to
+configure *who* can login to your HTTP server.
+
+Each line has the following format::
 
     <name>.<argument> = <value>