From 5538ffde1a26ed097843f448250ffcaae8ffc8a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20B=C3=B6ing?= <b.boeing@online.de>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:47:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add GitHub PAT hint for fetchReleaseNotes (#21443)

---
 docs/usage/configuration-options.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/usage/configuration-options.md b/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
index f44b2ad0db..1aaf812075 100644
--- a/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
+++ b/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
@@ -912,6 +912,8 @@ Renovate can fetch release notes when they are hosted on one of these platforms:
 - GitHub (.com and Enterprise Server)
 - GitLab (.com and CE/EE)
 
+If you are running on any platform except github.com, you need to [configure a Personal Access Token](https://docs.renovatebot.com/getting-started/running/#githubcom-token-for-release-notes) to allow Renovate to fetch release notes from github.com.
+
 <!-- prettier-ignore -->
 !!! note
     Renovate can only show release notes from some platforms and some package managers.
-- 
GitLab