diff --git a/doc/user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md b/doc/user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md
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--- a/doc/user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md
+++ b/doc/user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ A personal access token can perform actions based on the assigned scopes.
 
 | Scope              | Access                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
 |--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| `api`              | Grants complete read/write access to the API, including all groups and projects, the container registry, the dependency proxy, and the package registry.                                                                                                                                                           |
+| `api`              | Grants complete read/write access to the API, including all groups and projects, the container registry, the dependency proxy, and the package registry. Also grants complete read/write access to the registry and repository using Git over HTTP.                                                                                                                                                           |
 | `read_user`        | Grants read-only access to the authenticated user's profile through the `/user` API endpoint, which includes username, public email, and full name. Also grants access to read-only API endpoints under [`/users`](../../api/users.md).                                                                            |
 | `read_api`         | Grants read access to the API, including all groups and projects, the container registry, and the package registry. ([Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/28944) in GitLab 12.10.)                                                                                                   |
 | `read_repository`  | Grants read-only access to repositories on private projects using Git-over-HTTP or the Repository Files API.                                                                                                                                                                                                       |