diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb
index bff224f126..9e4a65c53a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ module GitHub
       credentials_scopes = response_headers["x-oauth-scopes"]
       return if needed_scopes.subset?(Set.new(credentials_scopes.to_s.split(", ")))
 
+      github_permission_link = GitHub.pat_blurb(needed_scopes.to_a)
       needed_scopes = needed_scopes.to_a.join(", ").presence || "none"
       credentials_scopes = "none" if credentials_scopes.blank?
 
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ module GitHub
         Your #{what} credentials do not have sufficient scope!
         Scopes required: #{needed_scopes}
         Scopes present:  #{credentials_scopes}
-        #{GitHub.pat_blurb}
+        #{github_permission_link}
       EOS
     end