diff --git a/src/applications/auth/controller/PhabricatorAuthStartController.php b/src/applications/auth/controller/PhabricatorAuthStartController.php
--- a/src/applications/auth/controller/PhabricatorAuthStartController.php
+++ b/src/applications/auth/controller/PhabricatorAuthStartController.php
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
           'This Phabricator install is not configured with any enabled '.
           'authentication providers which can be used to log in. If you '.
           'have accidentally locked yourself out by disabling all providers, '.
-          'you can use `%s` to recover access to an administrative account.',
+          'you can use `%s` to recover access to an account.',
           'phabricator/bin/auth recover <username>'));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/docs/user/configuration/configuring_accounts_and_registration.diviner b/src/docs/user/configuration/configuring_accounts_and_registration.diviner
--- a/src/docs/user/configuration/configuring_accounts_and_registration.diviner
+++ b/src/docs/user/configuration/configuring_accounts_and_registration.diviner
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 users to log in with a traditional username and password. Other providers
 support logging in with other credentials. For example:
 
-  - **Username/Password:** Users use a username and password to log in or
-    register.
   - **LDAP:** Users use LDAP credentials to log in or register.
   - **OAuth:** Users use accounts on a supported OAuth2 provider (like
     GitHub, Facebook, or Google) to log in or register.
@@ -30,16 +28,16 @@
 associate an existing Phabricator account with a GitHub OAuth account) or users
 can use it to register new accounts (assuming you enable these options).
 
-= Recovering Administrator Accounts =
+= Recovering Inaccessible Accounts =
 
-If you accidentally lock yourself out of Phabricator, you can use the `bin/auth`
-script to recover access to an administrator account. To recover access, run:
+If you accidentally lock yourself out of Phabricator (for example, by disabling
+all authentication providers), you can use the `bin/auth`
+script to recover access to an account. To recover access, run:
 
   phabricator/ $ ./bin/auth recover <username>
 
-...where `<username>` is the admin account username you want to recover access
-to. This will give you a link which will log you in as the specified
-administrative user.
+...where `<username>` is the account username you want to recover access
+to. This will generate a link which will log you in as the specified user.
 
 = Managing Accounts with the Web Console =
 
@@ -57,9 +55,9 @@
 
   phabricator/ $ ./bin/accountadmin
 
-Some options (like setting passwords and changing certain account flags) are
-only available from the CLI. You can also use this script to make a user
-an administrator (if you accidentally remove your admin flag) or create an
+Some options (like changing certain account flags) are only available from
+the CLI. You can also use this script to make a user
+an administrator (if you accidentally remove your admin flag) or to create an
 administrative account.
 
 = Next Steps =