diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index a449ad5..64a1091 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -237,3 +237,4 @@ Patches and Suggestions
 - Étienne BERSAC
 - ☃ pitr
 - 单元源
+- Don 'duckunix' Harper
diff --git a/bin/git-fork b/bin/git-fork
index 7c651be..0fd9994 100755
--- a/bin/git-fork
+++ b/bin/git-fork
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ test -z "$url" && abort "github repo needs to be specified as an argument"
 echo "Enter your github username"
 read user
 [ -n "$user" ] || abort "git username required"
-echo "Enter github password for user \"$user\""
-read -s passwd
-echo "Enter github two-factor authentication code (leave blank if not set up)"
-read MFA_CODE
+# personal access token
+# config name is github-personal-access-token '_' is not allowed in git config
+
+github_personal_access_token=$(git config git-extras.github-personal-access-token)
+
+test -z "$github_personal_access_token" && abort "git config git-extras.github-personal-access-token required"
 
 # extract owner + project from repo url
 project=${url##*/}
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ fi
 # create fork
 curl -qsf \
   -X POST \
-  -u "$user:$passwd" \
+  -u "$user:$github_personal_access_token" \
   -H "X-GitHub-OTP: $MFA_CODE" \
   "https://api.github.com/repos/$owner/$project/forks"
 
diff --git a/man/git-fork.1 b/man/git-fork.1
index 777a38c..e259745 100644
--- a/man/git-fork.1
+++ b/man/git-fork.1
@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@ adds the forked repo as a remote called \fBorigin\fR
 .P
 Remotes will use ssh if you have it configured with GitHub, if not, https will be used\.
 .
+Create a fork a project on GitHub via command line\.
+.
+.P
+A personal access token is required for making the API call to create a new fork in GitHub\. API Documentation here \fIhttps://docs\.github\.com/en/rest/reference/repos#forks\fR
+.
+.P
+Make sure the personal access token has the right \fBOAuth\fR scopes for the repo(s)
+.
+.P
+Use \fBgit config \-\-global \-\-add git\-extras\.github\-personal\-access\-token <your\-personal\-access\-token>\fR
+.
+.P
+If using multiple accounts, override the global value in the specific repo using \fBgit config git\-extras\.github\-personal\-access\-token <other\-acc\-personal\-access\-token>\fR
+.
 .SH "EXAMPLE"
 Fork expect\.js:
 .
diff --git a/man/git-fork.html b/man/git-fork.html
index 9c68ce3..3ad0fbf 100644
--- a/man/git-fork.html
+++ b/man/git-fork.html
@@ -99,6 +99,16 @@
 
 <p>  Remotes will use ssh if you have it configured with GitHub, if not, https will be used.</p>
 
+<p>Create a fork of a project on GitHub via command line.</p>
+
+<p>A personal access token is required for making the API call to create a new fork in GitHub. <a href="https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/repos#forks">API Documentation here</a></p>
+
+<p>Make sure the personal access token has the right <code>OAuth</code> scopes for the repo(s)</p>
+
+<p>Use <code>git config --global --add git-extras.github-personal-access-token &lt;your-personal-access-token></code></p>
+
+<p>If using multiple accounts, override the global value in the specific repo using <code>git config git-extras.github-personal-access-token &lt;other-acc-personal-access-token></code></p>
+
 <h2 id="EXAMPLE">EXAMPLE</h2>
 
 <p>  Fork expect.js:</p>
diff --git a/man/git-fork.md b/man/git-fork.md
index 890c5d9..701ac87 100644
--- a/man/git-fork.md
+++ b/man/git-fork.md
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ git-fork(1) -- Fork a repo on github
 
   Remotes will use ssh if you have it configured with GitHub, if not, https will be used.
 
+  Create a fork of a project on GitHub via command line.
+  
+  A personal access token is required for making the API call to create a fork in GitHub. [API Documentation here](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/repos#forks)
+  
+  Make sure the personal access token has the right `OAuth` scopes for the repo(s)
+  
+  Use `git config --global --add git-extras.github-personal-access-token <your-personal-access-token>`
+  
+  If using multiple accounts, override the global value in the specific repo using `git config git-extras.github-personal-access-token <other-acc-personal-access-token>`
+
 ## EXAMPLE
 
   Fork expect.js: