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 ## User registration
 
-Registration is closed by default.
+Registration is closed by default. While disabled an administrator needs to add new users manually (exp. `woodpecker-cli user add`).
 
-This example enables open registration for users that are members of approved GitHub organizations.
+If registration is open every user with an account at the configured [SCM](docs/administration/vcs/overview) can login to Woodpecker.
+This example enables open registration for users that are members of approved organizations:
 
 ```diff
 services:
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ services:
       - WOODPECKER_SECRET=${WOODPECKER_SECRET}
 ```
 
-
 ## Filtering repositories
 
 Woodpecker operates with the user's OAuth permission. Due to the coarse permission handling of GitHub, you may end up syncing more repos into Woodpecker than preferred.