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diff --git a/docs/authentication.txt b/docs/authentication.txt index f0902fad39..14ca581877 100644 --- a/docs/authentication.txt +++ b/docs/authentication.txt @@ -204,9 +204,11 @@ The ``password`` attribute of a ``User`` object is a string in this format:: That's hashtype, salt and hash, separated by the dollar-sign character. -Hashtype is either ``sha1`` (default) or ``md5`` -- the algorithm used to -perform a one-way hash of the password. Salt is a random string used to salt -the raw password to create the hash. +Hashtype is either ``sha1`` (default), ``md5`` or ``crypt`` -- the algorithm +used to perform a one-way hash of the password. Salt is a random string used +to salt the raw password to create the hash. Note that the ``crypt`` method is +only supported on platforms that have the standard Python ``crypt`` module +available. For example:: |