diff --git a/developer_manual/client_apis/WebDAV/basic.rst b/developer_manual/client_apis/WebDAV/basic.rst
index 83943c879..e0d45c11b 100644
--- a/developer_manual/client_apis/WebDAV/basic.rst
+++ b/developer_manual/client_apis/WebDAV/basic.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ WebDAV basics
 
 The base url for all WebDAV operations for a Nextcloud instance is :code:`/remote.php/dav`.
 
-All requests need to provide authentication information, either as a Basic Auth header or by passing a set of valid session cookies.
+All requests need to provide authentication information, either as a Basic Auth header or by passing a set of valid session cookies. 
+
+If your Nextcloud installation uses an external auth provider (such as an OIDC server) you may have to create an app password. To do that browse to your user Settings > Security and create one. It will provide a username and password which you can use within the Basic Auth header.
 
 Testing requests with curl
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