diff --git a/man/html/depot_tools_gerrit_auth.html b/man/html/depot_tools_gerrit_auth.html
index 7b0613dbf..25b301cbc 100644
--- a/man/html/depot_tools_gerrit_auth.html
+++ b/man/html/depot_tools_gerrit_auth.html
@@ -757,19 +757,22 @@ depot_tools_gerrit_auth(7) Manual Page
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <div class="paragraph"><p>The Chromium <a href="depot_tools.html">depot_tools(7)</a> suite contains many tools which
 may need to authenticate to Gerrit.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Gerrit uses OAuth for authentication.  Usually, the OAuth is handled
-by git-credential-luci.  You need to login once with
-git-credential-luci, and then it will provide access tokens for Gerrit
-authentication.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>depot_tools uses git-credential-luci to authenticate Gerrit API calls.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Gerrit uses OAuth for authentication.  For depot_tools, OAuth is
+handled by <code>git-credential-luci</code>.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Authentication is needed both for Gerrit API calls made by depot_tools
+and for operations done directly by Git (e.g., <code>git push</code>, <code>git
+fetch</code>).</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>For Gerrit API calls, depot_tools uses <code>git-credential-luci</code> out of the
+box, but for Git, you need to modify your Git configuration to use
+<code>git-credential-luci</code>.</p></div>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect1">
 <h2 id="_git_configuration">GIT CONFIGURATION</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <div class="paragraph"><p>You need to configure Git to authenticate to Gerrit.  While
-depot_tools can help set up the necessary configuration, you can do it
-manually.</p></div>
+depot_tools can help set up the necessary configuration (<code>git cl
+creds-check</code>), you can also do it manually.</p></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>You need to add the following lines to your Git config:</p></div>
 <div class="listingblock">
 <div class="content">
@@ -777,8 +780,9 @@ manually.</p></div>
 helper =
 helper = luci</code></pre>
 </div></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>The empty value is needed to reset the helper list to prevent
-conflicts.  You should copy this for each Gerrit host you need.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>This tells Git to use <code>git-credential-luci</code>.  The first empty value
+line is needed to reset the helper list to prevent conflicts.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>You should copy this for each Gerrit host you use.</p></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>For Googlers, see go/chrome-gerrit-auth.</p></div>
 </div>
 </div>
@@ -795,7 +799,7 @@ by checking out the <a href="https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/de
 <div id="footer">
 <div id="footer-text">
 Last updated
- 2025-03-11 23:26:44 UTC
+ 2025-03-19 21:22:42 UTC
 </div>
 </div>
 </body>
diff --git a/man/man7/depot_tools_gerrit_auth.7 b/man/man7/depot_tools_gerrit_auth.7
index 60311ec27..06e807e89 100644
--- a/man/man7/depot_tools_gerrit_auth.7
+++ b/man/man7/depot_tools_gerrit_auth.7
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 .\"     Title: depot_tools_gerrit_auth
 .\"    Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author]
 .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\"      Date: 03/11/2025
+.\"      Date: 03/19/2025
 .\"    Manual: Chromium depot_tools Manual
-.\"    Source: depot_tools 39b331947
+.\"    Source: depot_tools 7a97e75f4
 .\"  Language: English
 .\"
-.TH "DEPOT_TOOLS_GERRIT_A" "7" "03/11/2025" "depot_tools 39b331947" "Chromium depot_tools Manual"
+.TH "DEPOT_TOOLS_GERRIT_A" "7" "03/19/2025" "depot_tools 7a97e75f4" "Chromium depot_tools Manual"
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
 .\" * Define some portability stuff
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@ depot_tools_gerrit_auth \- Gerrit authentication for depot_tools
 .sp
 The Chromium \fBdepot_tools\fR(7) suite contains many tools which may need to authenticate to Gerrit\&.
 .sp
-Gerrit uses OAuth for authentication\&. Usually, the OAuth is handled by git\-credential\-luci\&. You need to login once with git\-credential\-luci, and then it will provide access tokens for Gerrit authentication\&.
+Gerrit uses OAuth for authentication\&. For depot_tools, OAuth is handled by \fBgit\-credential\-luci\fR\&.
 .sp
-depot_tools uses git\-credential\-luci to authenticate Gerrit API calls\&.
+Authentication is needed both for Gerrit API calls made by depot_tools and for operations done directly by Git (e\&.g\&., \fBgit push\fR, \fBgit fetch\fR)\&.
+.sp
+For Gerrit API calls, depot_tools uses \fBgit\-credential\-luci\fR out of the box, but for Git, you need to modify your Git configuration to use \fBgit\-credential\-luci\fR\&.
 .SH "GIT CONFIGURATION"
 .sp
-You need to configure Git to authenticate to Gerrit\&. While depot_tools can help set up the necessary configuration, you can do it manually\&.
+You need to configure Git to authenticate to Gerrit\&. While depot_tools can help set up the necessary configuration (\fBgit cl creds\-check\fR), you can also do it manually\&.
 .sp
 You need to add the following lines to your Git config:
 .sp
@@ -55,7 +57,9 @@ helper = luci
 .\}
 .sp
 .sp
-The empty value is needed to reset the helper list to prevent conflicts\&. You should copy this for each Gerrit host you need\&.
+This tells Git to use \fBgit\-credential\-luci\fR\&. The first empty value line is needed to reset the helper list to prevent conflicts\&.
+.sp
+You should copy this for each Gerrit host you use\&.
 .sp
 For Googlers, see go/chrome\-gerrit\-auth\&.
 .SH "CHROMIUM DEPOT_TOOLS"
diff --git a/man/src/depot_tools_gerrit_auth.txt b/man/src/depot_tools_gerrit_auth.txt
index 583b227c0..600e6b175 100644
--- a/man/src/depot_tools_gerrit_auth.txt
+++ b/man/src/depot_tools_gerrit_auth.txt
@@ -11,19 +11,23 @@ DESCRIPTION
 The Chromium linkgit:depot_tools[7] suite contains many tools which
 may need to authenticate to Gerrit.
 
-Gerrit uses OAuth for authentication.  Usually, the OAuth is handled
-by git-credential-luci.  You need to login once with
-git-credential-luci, and then it will provide access tokens for Gerrit
-authentication.
+Gerrit uses OAuth for authentication.  For depot_tools, OAuth is
+handled by `git-credential-luci`.
 
-depot_tools uses git-credential-luci to authenticate Gerrit API calls.
+Authentication is needed both for Gerrit API calls made by depot_tools
+and for operations done directly by Git (e.g., `git push`, `git
+fetch`).
+
+For Gerrit API calls, depot_tools uses `git-credential-luci` out of the
+box, but for Git, you need to modify your Git configuration to use
+`git-credential-luci`.
 
 GIT CONFIGURATION
 -----------------
 
 You need to configure Git to authenticate to Gerrit.  While
-depot_tools can help set up the necessary configuration, you can do it
-manually.
+depot_tools can help set up the necessary configuration (`git cl
+creds-check`), you can also do it manually.
 
 You need to add the following lines to your Git config:
 
@@ -34,8 +38,10 @@ helper =
 helper = luci
 ----
 
-The empty value is needed to reset the helper list to prevent
-conflicts.  You should copy this for each Gerrit host you need.
+This tells Git to use `git-credential-luci`.  The first empty value
+line is needed to reset the helper list to prevent conflicts.
+
+You should copy this for each Gerrit host you use.
 
 For Googlers, see go/chrome-gerrit-auth.