diff --git a/sysadm/user-management/onboarding.rst b/sysadm/user-management/onboarding.rst
--- a/sysadm/user-management/onboarding.rst
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@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
 - `VPN <https://intranet.softwareheritage.org/wiki/VPN>`_ access
 - HTTP auth credentials for the `intranet wiki`_
-- Create account on the `intranet wiki`_
+- Create account on the `intranet wiki`_ and ask someone to give you the shared auth credentials
 - Create account on the `public wiki`_
 
 Extra steps for sysadm: