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don't mention ip-based lockout, just user-based

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`@@ -239,10 +239,9 @@ HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized`
`239`	`239`	`}`
`240`	`240`	`</pre>`
`241`	`241`
`242`		`-After detecting several request with invalid credentials within a short period`
`243`		`-from the same IP address, the API will temporarily reject all authentication`
`244`		`-attempts from that IP address (including ones with valid credentials) with a`
`245`		-`403 Forbidden`:
	`242`	`+After detecting several requests with invalid credentials within a short period,`
	`243`	`+the API will temporarily reject all authentication attempts for that user`
	`244`	+(including ones with valid credentials) with`403 Forbidden`:
`246`	`245`
`247`	`246`	`<preclass="terminal">`
`248`	`247`	`$ curl -i https://api.github.com -u valid_username:valid_password`

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