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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Creating and using a Personal Access Token will raise that limit to 60,000 API c
 
 To use a Personal Access Token, create a `config.py` file:
 ```
-token = 'gh_YOUR_TOKEN_HERE'
+token = 'ghp_YOUR_TOKEN_HERE'
 ```
 
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