-One use of token scopes is to grant access to a collection to users who do not have an Arvados accounts on your cluster. This is done by creating scoped token that only allows getting a specific collection. See "Create a collection sharing link":{{site.baseurl}}/sdk/python/cookbook.html#sharing_link
+One use of token scopes is to grant access to data, such as a collection, to users who do not have an Arvados accounts on your cluster. This is done by creating scoped token that only allows getting a specific record. An example of this is "creating a collection sharing link.":{{site.baseurl}}/sdk/python/cookbook.html#sharing_link
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+Another example is situations where admin access is required but there is risk of the token being compromised. Setting a scope prevents the token from being used for any action other than the specific action the token is intended for. For example, "synchronizing user accounts on a shell node.":{{site.baseurl}}/install/install-shell-server.html#scoped-token