diff --git a/core/modules/basic_auth/basic_auth.module b/core/modules/basic_auth/basic_auth.module
index a67c6f2..eb15c8e 100644
--- a/core/modules/basic_auth/basic_auth.module
+++ b/core/modules/basic_auth/basic_auth.module
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function basic_auth_help($path, $arg) {
     case 'admin/help#basic_auth':
       $output = '';
       $output .= '<h3>' . t('About') . '</h3>';
-      $output .= '<p>' . t('The basic auth module implements basic user authentication using the HTTP Basic authentication provider.') . '</p>';
+      $output .= '<p>' . t('The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication">HTTP Basic Authentication</a> module provides clients a way to authenticate user accounts without using cookies. This is useful for web service consumers that can not deal with cookies. For more information, see <a href="!hba_do">the online documentation for the HTTP Basic Authentication module</a>.', array('!hba_do' => 'https://drupal.org/documentation/modules/basic_auth')) . '</p>';
       return $output;
   }
 }