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@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ Depending on your system configuration, credentials might be saved in your comma
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 {{% /warning %}}
 
+{{% note %}}
+If you would like to provide the password interactively, you can simply omit `<password>` in your command. And
+Poetry will prompt you to enter the credential manually.
+
+```bash
+poetry config http-basic.foo <username>
+```
+{{% /note %}}
+
 Once this is done, you can add dependencies to your project from this source.
 
 ```bash