diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/vim.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/vim.section.md
index f42995d94693..9c8c3faaecf0 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/vim.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/vim.section.md
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Finally, there are some plugins that are also packaged in nodePackages because t
 Run the update script with a GitHub API token that has at least `public_repo` access. Running the script without the token is likely to result in rate-limiting (429 errors). For steps on creating an API token, please refer to [GitHub's token documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token).
 
 ```sh
-nix-shell -p vimPluginsUpdater --run 'vim-plugins-updater --github-token=mytoken' # or set GITHUB_API_TOKEN environment variable
+nix-shell -p vimPluginsUpdater --run 'vim-plugins-updater --github-token=mytoken' # or set GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable
 ```
 
 Alternatively, set the number of processes to a lower count to avoid rate-limiting.
diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate-py/pluginupdate.py b/maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate-py/pluginupdate.py
index 2f55c1359de7..060f7015de23 100644
--- a/maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate-py/pluginupdate.py
+++ b/maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate-py/pluginupdate.py
@@ -615,9 +615,9 @@ class Editor:
             "--github-token",
             "-t",
             type=str,
-            default=os.getenv("GITHUB_API_TOKEN"),
+            default=os.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN"),
             help="""Allows to set --proc to higher values.
-            Uses GITHUB_API_TOKEN environment variables as the default value.""",
+            Uses GITHUB_TOKEN environment variables as the default value.""",
         )
         common.add_argument(
             "--no-commit",