diff --git a/share/doc/homebrew/brew.1.html b/share/doc/homebrew/brew.1.html
index dcee76bef6..33d770f31a 100644
--- a/share/doc/homebrew/brew.1.html
+++ b/share/doc/homebrew/brew.1.html
@@ -537,7 +537,9 @@ editors will do strange things in this case.</p></dd>
 <a href="https://github.com/settings/tokens" data-bare-link="true">https://github.com/settings/tokens</a>. If set, GitHub will allow you a
 greater number of API requests. See
 <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/#rate-limiting" data-bare-link="true">https://developer.github.com/v3/#rate-limiting</a> for more information.
-Homebrew uses the GitHub API for features such as <code>brew search</code>.</p></dd>
+Homebrew uses the GitHub API for features such as <code>brew search</code>.</p>
+
+<p><em>NOTE</em>: Homebrew doesn't require permissions for any of the scopes.</p></dd>
 <dt>HOMEBREW_LOGS</dt><dd><p>If set, Homebrew will use the given directory to store log files.</p></dd>
 <dt>HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS</dt><dd><p>If set, instructs Homebrew to use the value of <code>HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS</code> as
 the number of parallel jobs to run when building with <code>make</code>(1).</p>
diff --git a/share/man/man1/brew.1 b/share/man/man1/brew.1
index 639768398c..6d094645a9 100644
--- a/share/man/man1/brew.1
+++ b/share/man/man1/brew.1
@@ -595,6 +595,9 @@ If set, Homebrew will use this editor when editing a single formula, or several
 HOMEBREW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN
 A personal access token for the GitHub API, which you can create at \fIhttps://github\.com/settings/tokens\fR\. If set, GitHub will allow you a greater number of API requests\. See \fIhttps://developer\.github\.com/v3/#rate\-limiting\fR for more information\. Homebrew uses the GitHub API for features such as \fBbrew search\fR\.
 .
+.IP
+\fINOTE\fR: Homebrew doesn\'t require permissions for any of the scopes\.
+.
 .TP
 HOMEBREW_LOGS
 If set, Homebrew will use the given directory to store log files\.