diff --git a/docs/usage/docker.md b/docs/usage/docker.md
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--- a/docs/usage/docker.md
+++ b/docs/usage/docker.md
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Assume you are running GitLab CI in the Google Cloud, and you are storing your D
 Access to the GCR uses Bearer token based authentication.
 This token can be obtained by running `gcloud auth print-access-token`, which requires the Google Cloud SDK to be installed.
 
-Storing the bearer token for subsequent builds in a variable (like you can do with the `RENOVATE_TOKEN`) is not an option because the token expires after 60 minutes.
+The token expires after 60 minutes so you cannot store it in a variable for subsequent builds (like you can with `RENOVATE_TOKEN`).
 
 When running Renovate in this context the Google access token must be retrieved and injected into the `hostRules` configuration just before Renovate is started.