diff --git a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
index b0cca1867d..2ed67bd773 100644
--- a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
+++ b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
@@ -460,10 +460,11 @@ can take several different forms:
     editors will do strange things in this case.
 
   * HOMEBREW\_GITHUB\_API\_TOKEN:
-    A personal GitHub API Access token, which you can be create at
+    A personal GitHub API Access token, which you can create at
     <https://github.com/settings/applications>. If set, GitHub will allow you a
     greater number of API requests. See
     <http://developer.github.com/v3/#rate-limiting> for more information.
+    Homebrew uses the GitHub API for features such as `brew search`.
 
   * HOMEBREW\_KEEP\_INFO:
     If set, Homebrew will not remove files from `share/info`, allowing them
diff --git a/share/man/man1/brew.1 b/share/man/man1/brew.1
index 38c4c6f266..9a7c29064b 100644
--- a/share/man/man1/brew.1
+++ b/share/man/man1/brew.1
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ If set, Homebrew will use this editor when editing a single formula, or several
 .
 .TP
 HOMEBREW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN
-A personal GitHub API Access token, which you can be create at \fIhttps://github\.com/settings/applications\fR\. If set, GitHub will allow you a greater number of API requests\. See \fIhttp://developer\.github\.com/v3/#rate\-limiting\fR for more information\.
+A personal GitHub API Access token, which you can create at \fIhttps://github\.com/settings/applications\fR\. If set, GitHub will allow you a greater number of API requests\. See \fIhttp://developer\.github\.com/v3/#rate\-limiting\fR for more information\. Homebrew uses the GitHub API for features such as \fBbrew search\fR\.
 .
 .TP
 HOMEBREW_KEEP_INFO