diff --git a/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py b/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py
index 3e2ec2cdba5e4cddce6557969c661ba82c1c16d2..6ee83d34c7779c6fa5d6ccb35d5758c0e91af13d 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py
@@ -310,9 +310,12 @@ def configure_connection(**kwargs):
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    implementation : CaosDBServerConnection
-        The class which implements the connection. (Default:
-        _DefaultCaosDBServerConnection)
+
+    username : str
+        Username for login; e.g. 'admin'.
+
+    password : str
+        Password for login if 'plain' is used as password_method.
 
     password_method : str
         The name of a submodule of caosdb.connection.authentication which
@@ -330,6 +333,10 @@ def configure_connection(**kwargs):
         Whether SSL certificate warnings should be ignored. Only use this for
         development purposes! (Default: False)
 
+    implementation : CaosDBServerConnection
+        The class which implements the connection. (Default:
+        _DefaultCaosDBServerConnection)
+
     Returns
     -------
     _Connection