diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/vc/repository-settings.component.html b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/vc/repository-settings.component.html
index 728d190497..e49a5c65a3 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/vc/repository-settings.component.html
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/vc/repository-settings.component.html
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
                 <input matInput formControlName="password" type="password"
                        placeholder="{{ 'common.enter-password' | translate }}" autocomplete="new-password"/>
                 <tb-toggle-password matSuffix></tb-toggle-password>
+                <mat-hint [innerHTML] = "'admin.auth-method-username-password-hint' | translate"></mat-hint>
               </mat-form-field>
             </section>
             <section [fxShow]="repositorySettingsForm.get('authMethod').value === repositoryAuthMethod.PRIVATE_KEY" fxLayout="column">
diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/assets/locale/locale.constant-en_US.json b/ui-ngx/src/assets/locale/locale.constant-en_US.json
index 949ebd4d23..23c895b9dc 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/assets/locale/locale.constant-en_US.json
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/assets/locale/locale.constant-en_US.json
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@
         "authentication-settings": "Authentication settings",
         "auth-method": "Authentication method",
         "auth-method-username-password": "Password / access token",
+        "auth-method-username-password-hint": "GitHub users <b>must</b> use access <a href='https://github.com/settings/tokens' target='_blank'>tokens</a> with write permissions to the repository.",
         "auth-method-private-key": "Private key",
         "password-access-token": "Password / access token",
         "change-password-access-token": "Change password / access token",