diff --git a/docs/html/user_guide.rst b/docs/html/user_guide.rst
index ee827f0890b..ad938917999 100644
--- a/docs/html/user_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/html/user_guide.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ For more information and examples, see the :ref:`pip install` reference.
Basic Authentication Credentials
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-pip supports basic authentication credentials. Basically, in the url there is
+pip supports basic authentication credentials. Basically, in the URL there is
a username and password separated by ``:``.
``https://[username[:password]@]pypi.company.com/simple``