diff --git a/content/influxdb/v2.0/reference/api/influxdb-1x/_index.md b/content/influxdb/v2.0/reference/api/influxdb-1x/_index.md
index 1e9105070..4a2c00cc3 100644
--- a/content/influxdb/v2.0/reference/api/influxdb-1x/_index.md
+++ b/content/influxdb/v2.0/reference/api/influxdb-1x/_index.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ There are multiple ways to provide 1.x-compatible authorization credentials to I
 The example below uses the `Authorization` header with the `Basic` scheme to
 provide the required 1.x-compatible username and password:
 
-##### Basic authentication with authorization header
+##### Basic authentication
 ```sh
 # --user syntax
 <username>:<password