@@ -219,10 +219,12 @@ func NewCmdApi(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*ApiOptions) error) *cobra.Command
 		Annotations: map[string]string{
 			"help:environment": heredoc.Docf(`
 				GH_TOKEN, GITHUB_TOKEN (in order of precedence): an authentication token for
-				%[1]sgithub.com%[1]s API requests.
+				API requests to %[1]sgithub.com%[1]s, a subdomain of %[1]sghe.com%[1]s, or %[1]sgithub.localhost%[1]s.
 
 				GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN, GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN (in order of precedence): an
-				authentication token for API requests to GitHub Enterprise.
+				authentication token for API requests to GitHub Enterprise Server. %[1]sgh%[1]s treats
+				any host other than %[1]sgithub.com%[1]s, a subdomain of %[1]sghe.com%[1]s, or
+				%[1]sgithub.localhost%[1]s as a GitHub Enterprise Server host.
 
 				GH_HOST: make the request to a GitHub host other than %[1]sgithub.com%[1]s.
 			`, "`"),
 
@@ -43,11 +43,12 @@ var HelpTopics = []helpTopic{
 		short: "Environment variables that can be used with gh",
 		long: heredoc.Docf(`
 			%[1]sGH_TOKEN%[1]s, %[1]sGITHUB_TOKEN%[1]s (in order of precedence): an authentication token that will be used when
-			a command targets either %[1]sgithub.com%[1]s or a subdomain of %[1]sghe.com%[1]s. Setting this avoids being prompted to
-			authenticate and takes precedence over previously stored credentials.
+			a command targets %[1]sgithub.com%[1]s, a subdomain of %[1]sghe.com%[1]s, or %[1]sgithub.localhost%[1]s. Setting this avoids
+			being prompted to authenticate and takes precedence over previously stored credentials.
 
 			%[1]sGH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN%[1]s, %[1]sGITHUB_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN%[1]s (in order of precedence): an authentication
-			token that will be used when a command targets a GitHub Enterprise Server host.
+			token that will be used when a command targets a GitHub Enterprise Server host. %[1]sgh%[1]s treats any host other
+			than %[1]sgithub.com%[1]s, a subdomain of %[1]sghe.com%[1]s, or %[1]sgithub.localhost%[1]s as a GitHub Enterprise Server host.
 
 			%[1]sGH_HOST%[1]s: specify the GitHub hostname for commands where a hostname has not been provided, or
 			cannot be inferred from the context of a local Git repository. If this host was previously