diff --git a/src/caosdb/connection/authentication/unauthenticated.py b/src/caosdb/connection/authentication/unauthenticated.py
index fefa069371cb33f401178d19ca8efa13c5a0611f..70ef40e60c10bd1d961ac09197cd16b2aec3882e 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/connection/authentication/unauthenticated.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/connection/authentication/unauthenticated.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class Unauthenticated(AbstractAuthenticator):
         raise LoginFailedException("This caosdb client is configured to stay "
                                    "unauthenticated. Change your "
                                    "`password_method` and provide an "
-                                   "`auth_token` or credentials if your want "
+                                   "`auth_token` or credentials if you want "
                                    "to authenticate this client.")
 
     def logout(self):
diff --git a/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py b/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py
index f818d6a05cdd1fb9019d56e63ba3b5f4947b823b..65c8413c251ad42f44b77e37ac34a26b1c329c0d 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ def configure_connection(**kwargs):
 
     auth_token : str (optional)
         An authentication token which has been issued by the CaosDB Server.
-        Implies `password_method="auth_token"` if set.
+        Implies `password_method="auth_token"` if set.  An example token string would be `["O","OneTimeAuthenticationToken","anonymous",["administration"],[],1592995200000,604800000,"3ZZ4WKRB-5I7DG2Q6-ZZE6T64P-VQ","197d0d081615c52dc18fb323c300d7be077beaad4020773bb58920b55023fa6ee49355e35754a4277b9ac525c882bcd3a22e7227ba36dfcbbdbf8f15f19d1ee9",1,30000]`.
 
     implementation : CaosDBServerConnection
         The class which implements the connection. (Default: