diff --git a/admin/auth.php b/admin/auth.php
index 60458971bc6..d51cea1b9c5 100644
--- a/admin/auth.php
+++ b/admin/auth.php
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@
     print_simple_box_start("center", "100%", "$THEME->cellheading");
     print_heading($options[$auth]);
 
-    echo "<CENTER><P>";
+    echo "<BLOCKQUOTE><CENTER><P>";
     print_string("auth_$auth"."description", "auth");
-    echo "</P></CENTER>";
+    echo "</P></CENTER></BLOCKQUOTE>";
 
     echo "<HR>";
 
diff --git a/lang/en/auth.php b/lang/en/auth.php
index 427baf57208..dbc294ed581 100644
--- a/lang/en/auth.php
+++ b/lang/en/auth.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
       // auth.php - created with Moodle 1.0.6.4 beta (2002112001)
 
 
-$string['auth_dbdescription'] = "This method uses an external database table to check whether a given username and password is valid.";
+$string['auth_dbdescription'] = "This method uses an external database table to check whether a given username and password is valid.  If the account is a new one, then information from other fields may also be copied across into Moodle.";
 $string['auth_dbextrafields'] = "These fields are optional.  You can choose to pre-fill some Moodle user fields with information from the <B>external database fields</B> that you specify here. <P>If you leave these blank, then defaults will be used.<P>In either case, the user will be able to edit all of these fields after they log in.";
 $string['auth_dbfieldpass'] = "Name of the field containing passwords";
 $string['auth_dbfielduser'] = "Name of the field containing usernames";
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ $string['auth_dbtable'] = "Name of the table in the database";
 $string['auth_dbtitle'] = "Use an external database";
 $string['auth_dbtype'] = "The database type (See the <A HREF=../lib/adodb/readme.htm#drivers>ADOdb documentation</A> for details)";
 $string['auth_dbuser'] = "Username with read access to the database";
-$string['auth_emaildescription'] = "Email confirmation is the default authentication method.  When the user signs up, choosing their own new username and password, a confirmation email is sent to the user's email address.  This email contains a secure link to a page where the user can confirm their account.";
+$string['auth_emaildescription'] = "Email confirmation is the default authentication method.  When the user signs up, choosing their own new username and password, a confirmation email is sent to the user's email address.  This email contains a secure link to a page where the user can confirm their account. Future logins just check the username and password against the stored values in the Moodle database.";
 $string['auth_emailtitle'] = "Email-based authentication";
 $string['auth_imapdescription'] = "This method uses an IMAP server to check whether a given username and password is valid.";
 $string['auth_imaphost'] = "The IMAP server address. Use the IP number, not DNS name.";
diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index d69210107fc..20d34e0e1ff 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // database to determine whether upgrades should
 // be performed (see lib/db/*.php)
 
-$version = 2002112001;   // The current version is a date (YYYYMMDDXX)
+$version = 2002112100;   // The current version is a date (YYYYMMDDXX)
 
 $release = "1.0.6.4 beta";  // User-friendly version number