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@@ -133,14 +133,14 @@ Install averaging tasks to create average fields in the metobs_realtime bucket:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    python -m metobscommon.influxdb create_tasks
+    python -m metobscommon.influxdb create_tasks --token <READ_WRITE_TOKEN>
 
 Backfill InfluxDB Database
 --------------------------
 
 Insert data from an old tower file:
 
-    python -m aosstower.level_00.influxdb -vvv --bulk 5000 /data1/raw/aoss/tower/2018/05/08/aoss_tower.2018-05-08.ascii
+    python -m aosstower.level_00.influxdb -vvv --bulk 5000 --influxdb-token <READ_WRITE_TOKEN> /data1/raw/aoss/tower/2018/05/08/aoss_tower.2018-05-08.ascii
 
 The above command sends data in blocks of 5000 records. This is to improve
 performance of sending data to the InfluxDB instead of sending one record
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ at a time. A bulk value of 5000-10000 is preferred.
 
 Compute the averages for 5 second tower and data:
 
-    python -m metobscommon.influxdb -vvv run_manual_average --stations aoss.tower -s 2018-05-07T00:00:00 -e 2018-05-08T22:00:00 -d 1m 5m 1h
+    python -m metobscommon.influxdb -vvv run_manual_average --stations aoss.tower -s 2018-05-07T00:00:00 -e 2018-05-08T22:00:00 -d 1m 5m 1h --influxdb-token <READ_WRITE_TOKEN>
 
 Note the above computes the 1m, 5m, and 1h averages. The time range (-s/-e)
 must be at whole intervals for the average intervals specified otherwise
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ use a large amount of memory.
 
 To insert a series of tower files:
 
-    find /data1/raw/mendota/buoy/2018/ -name "*.ascii" -print0 | sort -z | xargs -r0 -n1 python -m aosstower.level_00.influxdb -vvv --bulk 5000
+    find /data1/raw/mendota/buoy/2018/ -name "*.ascii" -print0 | sort -z | xargs -r0 -n1 python -m aosstower.level_00.influxdb -vvv --bulk 5000 --influxdb-token <READ_WRITE_TOKEN>
 
 The above command sorts the files by name which is important for the best
 performance.