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diff --git a/man/ganeti-rapi.rst b/man/ganeti-rapi.rst
index ed96997..7b5ce1f 100644
--- a/man/ganeti-rapi.rst
+++ b/man/ganeti-rapi.rst
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ ganeti-rapi - Ganeti remote API daemon
 Synopsis
 --------
 
-**ganeti-rapi** [-d] [-f] [\--no-ssl] [-K *SSL_KEY_FILE*] [-C
-*SSL_CERT_FILE*]
+| **ganeti-rapi** [-d] [-f] [\--no-ssl] [-K *SSL_KEY_FILE*]
+| [-C *SSL_CERT_FILE*] [\--require-authentication]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ uses SSL encryption. This can be disabled by passing the
 ``--no-ssl`` option, or alternatively the certificate used can be
 changed via the ``-C`` option and the key via the ``-K`` option.
 
-The daemon will listen to the "ganeti-rapi" tcp port, as listed in the
+The daemon will listen to the "ganeti-rapi" TCP port, as listed in the
 system services database, or if not defined, to port 5080 by default.
 
 See the *Ganeti remote API* documentation for further information.
@@ -34,28 +34,14 @@ in the same format as for the node and master daemon.
 ACCESS CONTROLS
 ---------------
 
-All query operations are allowed without authentication. Only the
+Most query operations are allowed without authentication. Only the
 modification operations require authentication, in the form of basic
-authentication.
+authentication. Specify the ``--require-authentication`` command line
+flag to always require authentication.
 
 The users and their rights are defined in the
-``@LOCALSTATEDIR@/lib/ganeti/rapi/users`` file. The users
-should be listed one per line, in the following format::
-
-    username password options
-
-Currently the *options* field should equal the string ``write`` in
-order to actually give write permission for the given users. Example::
-
-    rclient   secret    write
-    guest     testpw
-
-The first user (*rclient*) has read-write rights, whereas the second
-user (*guest*) only has read (query) rights, and as such is no
-different than not using authentication at all.
-
-More details (including on how to use hashed passwords) can be found
-in the Ganeti documentation.
+``@LOCALSTATEDIR@/lib/ganeti/rapi/users`` file. The format of this file
+is described in the Ganeti documentation (``rapi.html``).
 
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