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@@ -375,8 +375,8 @@ Connection Instance Methods
 
     * **user** - < _string_ > - Username for plain-text authentication.
     * **password** - < _string_ > - Password for plain-text authentication.
-    * **xoauth** - < _string_ > - OAuth token for [OAuth authentication](https://sites.google.com/site/oauthgoog/Home/oauthimap) for servers that support it (See Andris Reinman's [xoauth.js](https://github.com/andris9/inbox/blob/master/lib/xoauth.js) module to help generate this string).
-    * **xoauth2** - < _string_ > - OAuth2 token for [The SASL XOAUTH2 Mechanism](https://developers.google.com/google-apps/gmail/xoauth2_protocol#the_sasl_xoauth2_mechanism) for servers that support it (See Andris Reinman's [xoauth2](https://github.com/andris9/xoauth2) module to help generate this string).
+    * **xoauth** - < _string_ > - Base64-encoded OAuth token for [OAuth authentication](https://sites.google.com/site/oauthgoog/Home/oauthimap) for servers that support it (See Andris Reinman's [xoauth.js](https://github.com/andris9/inbox/blob/master/lib/xoauth.js) module to help generate this string).
+    * **xoauth2** - < _string_ > - Base64-encoded OAuth2 token for [The SASL XOAUTH2 Mechanism](https://developers.google.com/google-apps/gmail/xoauth2_protocol#the_sasl_xoauth2_mechanism) for servers that support it (See Andris Reinman's [xoauth2](https://github.com/andris9/xoauth2) module to help generate this string).
     * **host** - < _string_ > - Hostname or IP address of the IMAP server. **Default:** "localhost"
     * **port** - < _integer_ > - Port number of the IMAP server. **Default:** 143
     * **tls** - < _boolean_ > - Perform implicit TLS connection? **Default:** false