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+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ Fetches and creates versioned GitHub resources.
 * `repository`: *Required.* The repository name that contains the releases.
 
 * `access_token`: *Optional.* Used for accessing a release in a private-repo 
-   during an `in` and pushing a release to a repo during an `out`.
+   during an `in` and pushing a release to a repo during an `out`. The access
+   token you create is only required to have the `repo` or `public_repo` scope.
 
 * `github_api_url`: *Optional.* If you use a non-public GitHub deployment then
   you can set your API URL here.