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@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ GitHub [automatically provides](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guid
 If your workflow depends on this token, you need to create a [personal access token](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token) and pass it to `act` as a secret:
 
 ```bash
-act -s GITHUB_TOKEN=[insert token or leave blank for secure input]
+act -s GITHUB_TOKEN=[insert token or leave blank and omit equals for secure input]
 ```
 
 **WARNING**: `GITHUB_TOKEN` will be logged in shell history if not inserted through secure input or (depending on your shell config) the command is prefixed with a whitespace.