From 055563387a53c0df195bb0cf62f57eb0ffed89d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Zuzak <izuzak@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 16:04:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] templetize curl auth examples

---
 content/v3/auth.md | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/v3/auth.md b/content/v3/auth.md
index abd9f51df7..da71a52b03 100644
--- a/content/v3/auth.md
+++ b/content/v3/auth.md
@@ -30,22 +30,23 @@ To use Basic Authentication with the GitHub API, simply send the username and
 password associated with the account.
 
 For example, if you're accessing the API via [cURL][curl], the following command
-would authenticate with `mojombo` as the username. (cURL will prompt you to
-enter the password.)
+would authenticate you if you replace `<username>` with your GitHub username.
+(cURL will prompt you to enter the password.)
 
 <pre class='terminal'>
-curl -u mojombo https://api.github.com/user
+curl -u <username> https://api.github.com/user
 </pre>
 
 ### Via OAuth Tokens
 
 Alternatively, you can authenticate using [personal access
 tokens][personal-access-tokens] or OAuth tokens. To do so, provide the token as
-the username and provide a blank password or a password of `x-oauth-basic`. For
-example:
+the username and provide a blank password or a password of `x-oauth-basic`. If
+you're accessing the API via cURL, replace `<token>` with your OAuth token in
+the following command:
 
 <pre class='terminal'>
-curl -u 3816d821c80a6847ca84550052c1ff6246e8169b:x-oauth-basic https://api.github.com/user
+curl -u <token>:x-oauth-basic https://api.github.com/user
 </pre>
 
 This approach is useful if your tools only support Basic Authentication but you