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diff --git a/apps/workbench/app/views/users/_manage_current_token.html.erb b/apps/workbench/app/views/users/_manage_current_token.html.erb
index 246141040f..71c6bd246b 100644
--- a/apps/workbench/app/views/users/_manage_current_token.html.erb
+++ b/apps/workbench/app/views/users/_manage_current_token.html.erb
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+<p>The Arvados API token is a secret key that enables the Arvados SDKs to access Arvados with the proper permissions. For more information see <%= link_to raw('Getting an API token'), "#{Rails.configuration.arvados_docsite}/user/reference/api-tokens.html", target: "_blank"%>.</p>
 <p>Paste the following lines at a shell prompt to set up the necessary environment for Arvados SDKs to authenticate to your account, <b><%= current_user.email %></b></p>
 
-<pre>export ARVADOS_API_TOKEN=<%= Thread.current[:arvados_api_token] %>
+<pre>
+HISTIGNORE=$HISTIGNORE:'export ARVADOS_API_TOKEN=*'
+export ARVADOS_API_TOKEN=<%= Thread.current[:arvados_api_token] %>
 export ARVADOS_API_HOST=<%= current_api_host %>
 <% if Rails.configuration.arvados_insecure_https %>
 export ARVADOS_API_HOST_INSECURE=true
 <% else %>
 unset ARVADOS_API_HOST_INSECURE
-<% end %></pre>
+<% end %>
+</pre>