diff --git a/conf/fedora2-native.xml b/conf/fedora2-native.xml
index fd46697d..e6180123 100644
--- a/conf/fedora2-native.xml
+++ b/conf/fedora2-native.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@
 
     <bean id="repo" class="org.fcrepo.client.impl.FedoraRepositoryImpl">
         <constructor-arg name="repositoryURL" ref="fedora4Url" />
+        <!--If Fedora 4 requires authorized requests, uncomment the following and provide appropriate values.-->
+        <!--<constructor-arg name="username" value="admin-username"/>-->
+        <!--<constructor-arg name="password" value="admin-password"/>-->
     </bean>
 
     <bean id="httpClientURLFetcher" class="org.fcrepo.migration.foxml.HttpClientURLFetcher" />
diff --git a/conf/fedora3-akubra.xml b/conf/fedora3-akubra.xml
index 7db70012..2faf2dea 100644
--- a/conf/fedora3-akubra.xml
+++ b/conf/fedora3-akubra.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
 
     <bean id="repo" class="org.fcrepo.client.impl.FedoraRepositoryImpl">
         <constructor-arg name="repositoryURL" ref="fedora4Url" />
+        <!--If Fedora 4 requires authorized requests, uncomment the following and provide appropriate values.-->
+        <!--<constructor-arg name="username" value="admin-username"/>-->
+        <!--<constructor-arg name="password" value="admin-password"/>-->
     </bean>
 
     <bean id="httpClientURLFetcher" class="org.fcrepo.migration.foxml.HttpClientURLFetcher" />
diff --git a/conf/fedora3-exported.xml b/conf/fedora3-exported.xml
index ae7b8d55..d04cf3e7 100644
--- a/conf/fedora3-exported.xml
+++ b/conf/fedora3-exported.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
 
     <bean id="repo" class="org.fcrepo.client.impl.FedoraRepositoryImpl">
         <constructor-arg name="repositoryURL" ref="fedora4Url" />
+        <!--If Fedora 4 requires authorized requests, uncomment the following and provide appropriate values.-->
+        <!--<constructor-arg name="username" value="admin-username"/>-->
+        <!--<constructor-arg name="password" value="admin-password"/>-->
     </bean>
 
     <bean id="httpClientURLFetcher" class="org.fcrepo.migration.foxml.HttpClientURLFetcher" />
diff --git a/conf/fedora3-legacy.xml b/conf/fedora3-legacy.xml
index 31f9f22d..8f9d41bc 100644
--- a/conf/fedora3-legacy.xml
+++ b/conf/fedora3-legacy.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
 
     <bean id="repo" class="org.fcrepo.client.impl.FedoraRepositoryImpl">
         <constructor-arg name="repositoryURL" ref="fedora4Url" />
+        <!--If Fedora 4 requires authorized requests, uncomment the following and provide appropriate values.-->
+        <!--<constructor-arg name="username" value="admin-username"/>-->
+        <!--<constructor-arg name="password" value="admin-password"/>-->
     </bean>
 
     <bean id="httpClientURLFetcher" class="org.fcrepo.migration.foxml.HttpClientURLFetcher" />
diff --git a/src/main/resources/spring/migration-bean.xml b/src/main/resources/spring/migration-bean.xml
index e3a9ffb1..feb27956 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/spring/migration-bean.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/spring/migration-bean.xml
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@
     <!-- The configuration options for a Fedora 4 client to do the updates to Fedora 4 -->
     <bean id="repo" class="org.fcrepo.client.impl.FedoraRepositoryImpl">
         <constructor-arg name="repositoryURL" ref="fedora4Url" />
+        <!--If Fedora 4 requires authorized requests, uncomment the following and provide appropriate values.-->
+        <!--<constructor-arg name="username" value="admin-username"/>-->
+        <!--<constructor-arg name="password" value="admin-password"/>-->
     </bean>
 
     <!-- A utility bean that maintains an index necessary to resolve datastream files from the fedora 3 internal ids