This plugin allows HTTP basic authentication to be used to log into the
wiki. To use the plugin, your web server should be set up to perform HTTP
-basic authentiation. The authenticated user will be automatically signed
-into the wiki.
+basic authentiation for at least the directory containing `ikiwiki.cgi`.
+The authenticated user will be automatically signed into the wiki.
This plugin is included in ikiwiki, but is not enabled by default.