diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb
index bff224f126..f058762c19 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ module GitHub
         Your #{what} credentials do not have sufficient scope!
         Scopes required: #{needed_scopes}
         Scopes present:  #{credentials_scopes}
-        #{GitHub.pat_blurb}
+        #{GitHub.pat_blurb(needed_scopes.split(", "))}
       EOS
     end