--- a/mercurial/help/config.txt Sun Jul 31 01:46:52 2011 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/help/config.txt Mon Aug 01 23:58:50 2011 +0200
@@ -262,7 +262,9 @@
Optional. Username to authenticate with. If not given, and the
remote site requires basic or digest authentication, the user will
be prompted for it. Environment variables are expanded in the
- username letting you do ``foo.username = $USER``.
+ username letting you do ``foo.username = $USER``. If the URI
+ includes a username, only ``[auth]`` entries with a matching
+ username or without a username will be considered.
``password``
Optional. Password to authenticate with. If not given, and the