diff --git a/docs/topics/mailbox_types.rst b/docs/topics/mailbox_types.rst
index 7ec15f3..bb8122c 100644
--- a/docs/topics/mailbox_types.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/mailbox_types.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ POP3 and IMAP as well as local file-based mailboxes.
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   POP3         ``pop3://``      Can also specify SSL with ``pop3+ssl://``
   IMAP         ``imap://``      Can also specify SSL with ``imap+ssl://``, or specify a folder to save processed messages into by appending ``?archive=my_archive_folder`` to the end of the URI.
-  Gmail IMAP   ``gmail+ssl://`` Password is ignored if oauth2 succeeds, but can be used as a fallback
+  Gmail IMAP   ``gmail+ssl://`` Password is only used as a fallback if oauth2 fails
   Maildir      ``maildir://``
   Mbox         ``mbox://``
   Babyl        ``babyl://``