diff --git a/doc/ci/jobs/ci_job_token.md b/doc/ci/jobs/ci_job_token.md
index f61b291a4b5c5ffb427180c4c6afb8615fcee92e..1ba4ac5bc276b77d53b63b22787224f8c6fd3743 100644
--- a/doc/ci/jobs/ci_job_token.md
+++ b/doc/ci/jobs/ci_job_token.md
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ parameter in the `projects` REST API endpoint.
 ### To `git clone` a private project's repository
 
 You can use the job token to authenticate and clone a repository from a private project
-in a CI/CD job. For example:
+in a CI/CD job. Use `gitlab-ci-token` as the user, and the value of the job token as the password. For example:
 
 ```shell
 git clone https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@gitlab.example.com/<namespace>/<project>