diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/Requester.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/Requester.java
index c96173f71..ddcef80a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/Requester.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/Requester.java
@@ -758,7 +758,9 @@ class Requester {
                 IOUtils.closeQuietly(es);
             }
         }
-        if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED) // 401 Unauthorized == bad creds
+        if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED) // 401 Unauthorized == bad creds or OTP request
+        	// In the case of a user with 2fa enabled, a header with X-GitHub-OTP 
+        	// will be returned indicating the user needs to respond with an otp
             if(uc.getHeaderField("X-GitHub-OTP") != null)
                 throw (IOException) new GHOTPRequiredException().withResponseHeaderFields(uc).initCause(e);
             else