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diff --git a/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn b/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn
index 32732094b..b2f789b8e 100644
--- a/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ One way to use the plugin is to configure your web server to require
 HTTP basic authentication for any access to the directory containing the
 wiki (and `ikiwiki.cgi`). The authenticated user will be automatically
 signed into the wiki. This method is suitable only for private wikis.
-what if you what not allowd
 
 ## separate cgiauthurl
 
@@ -36,3 +35,12 @@ configure `httpauth_pagespec` in the setup file. This makes Edit
 links on pages that match the [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] automatically use
 the `cgiauthurl`, and prevents matching pages from being edited by
 users authentication via other methods.
+
+## Using httpauth with nginx
+
+You have to pass the $remote_user variable to the CGI:
+
+    location /ikiwiki.cgi {
+        fastcgi_param REMOTE_USER $remote_user if_not_empty;
+        ....
+    }