From 2fd4aea0dbef2fc3c8380850142b2b99c4e72d3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ted van den Brink <ted@digistate.nl>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 09:30:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Explain basic authentication token for jira tap

---
 docs/connectors/taps/jira.rst | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/connectors/taps/jira.rst b/docs/connectors/taps/jira.rst
index 70006ff09..f382e228f 100644
--- a/docs/connectors/taps/jira.rst
+++ b/docs/connectors/taps/jira.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Example YAML for ``tap-jira``:
       # Method 1: Base authentication
       base_url: "https://<your_domain>.atlassian.net"  # the URL where your Jira installation can be found
       username: "<USERNAME>"
+      # For basic authentication the password is a token you can create as described here:
+      # https://support.atlassian.com/atlassian-account/docs/manage-api-tokens-for-your-atlassian-account/#Create-an-API-token
       password: "<PASSWORD>"                            # Plain string or vault encrypted
 
       # Method 2: OAuth authentication