diff --git a/docs/local-development.md b/docs/local-development.md
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ We use [yarn](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn) so run `yarn install` to install
 Run `yarn start`. You should see this error:
 
 ```
-FATAL: Renovate fatal error: You need to supply a GitHub token.
+Fatal error: No authentication found for platform https://api.github.com/ (github)
 ```
 
 ## Platform Account Setup
diff --git a/docs/self-hosting.md b/docs/self-hosting.md
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@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Don't forget to configure `platform=azure` somewhere in config.
 
 ## GitHub.com token for release notes
 
-If you are running on any platform except github.com, it's important to also configure GITHUB*COM_TOKEN containing a personal access token for github.com. This account can actually be \_any* account on GitHub, and needs only read-only access. It's used when fetching release notes for repositories in order to increase the hourly API limit.
+If you are running on any platform except github.com, it's important to also configure `GITHUB_COM_TOKEN` containing a personal access token for github.com. This account can actually be _any_ account on GitHub, and needs only read-only access. It's used when fetching release notes for repositories in order to increase the hourly API limit.
 
 ## Usage