diff --git a/src/services/etapi_tokens.js b/src/services/etapi_tokens.js
index 61c6fc8e8..f3a60052e 100644
--- a/src/services/etapi_tokens.js
+++ b/src/services/etapi_tokens.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function parseAuthToken(auth) {
 
     if (auth.startsWith("Basic ")) {
         // allow also basic auth format for systems which allow this type of authentication
-        // expect ETAPI token in the password field, ignore username
+        // expect ETAPI token in the password field, require "etapi" username
         // https://github.com/zadam/trilium/issues/3181
         const basicAuthStr = utils.fromBase64(auth.substring(6)).toString("UTF-8");
         const basicAuthChunks = basicAuthStr.split(":");