diff --git a/src/caosdb/connection/authentication/input.py b/src/caosdb/connection/authentication/input.py
index e0b4c7603145e2b7435a874bb04869c560710ec7..7edec7c814d9019d43701b33d4022063081714a7 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/connection/authentication/input.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/connection/authentication/input.py
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ class InputCredentialsProvider(CredentialsProvider):
         else:
             self._username = input("Please enter the user name: ")
 
-        self._password = getpass.getpass("Please enter the password: ")
+        url = config["url"]
+        self._password = getpass.getpass(
+            "Please enter the password for `{}` at `{}`: ".format(
+                self._username, url))
 
     @property
     def password(self):