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--- a/doc/plugins/passwordauth.mdwn
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[[template id=plugin name=passwordauth core=1 included=1 author="[[Joey]]"]]
+[[template id=plugin name=passwordauth core=1 author="[[Joey]]"]]
 [[tag type/auth]]
 
 This plugin lets ikiwiki prompt for a user name and password when logging
@@ -6,4 +6,12 @@ into the wiki. It also handles registering users, mailing passwords, and
 changing passwords in the prefs page.
 
 It is enabled by default, but can be turned off if you want to only use
-some other form of authentication, such as [[openid]].
+some other form of authentication, such as [[httpauth]] or [[openid]].
+
+When the `account_creation_password` configuration option is enabled with
+a pass-phrase, this plugin prompts for the password when creating an
+account as a implistic anti-spam measure.
+(Some wikis edited by a particular group use an account creation password
+as an "ask an existing member to get an account" system.)
+
+