From 5ba8ce6fea517763ed0c1e5a66ef5ed92a7ad00f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: HonkingGoose <34918129+HonkingGoose@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:10:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs(self-hosted configuration): improve username config
 option section (#14661)

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 docs/usage/self-hosted-configuration.md | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/usage/self-hosted-configuration.md b/docs/usage/self-hosted-configuration.md
index 6d9f045013..336dd6b4b3 100644
--- a/docs/usage/self-hosted-configuration.md
+++ b/docs/usage/self-hosted-configuration.md
@@ -631,7 +631,12 @@ This is currently applicable to `npm` and `lerna`/`npm` only, and only used in c
 
 ## username
 
-Mandatory if a GitHub app token is in use using the CLI.
+You might need to set a `username` if you use:
+
+- The Bitbucket platform, or
+- use the GitHub App with CLI (required)
+
+If you're using a Personal Access Token (PAT) to authenticate then you should not specify `username`.
 
 ## writeDiscoveredRepos
 
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