X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/a2efd7925361ae71ee2abae987fa1b4801ac0555..5b305bba25a4616fa88377b3fd4871b351caf636:/apps/workbench/app/views/users/_manage_current_token.html.erb

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 33633edc61..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 @@
-### Pasting the following lines at a shell prompt will allow Arvados SDKs</br>
-### to authenticate to your account, <%= current_user.email %></br>
-export ARVADOS_API_TOKEN=<%= Thread.current[:arvados_api_token] %></br>
-export ARVADOS_API_TOKEN ARVADOS_API_HOST=<%= current_api_host %></br>
+<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>
+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</br>
+export ARVADOS_API_HOST_INSECURE=true
 <% else %>
-unset ARVADOS_API_HOST_INSECURE</br>
+unset ARVADOS_API_HOST_INSECURE
 <% end %>
+</pre>