-Starting with APT version 1.5 you can define login configuration settings (like
-username and password) for APT sources or proxies that require authentication
-in the file `/etc/apt/auth.conf`. This is preferable to embedding login
-information directly in `source.list` entries which are usually world-readable.
+Starting with APT version 1.5, you can define login configuration settings, such as
+username and password, for APT sources or proxies that require authentication
+in the `/etc/apt/auth.conf` file. This is preferable to embedding login
+information directly in `source.list` entries, which are usually world-readable.