diff --git a/sources/platform/proxy/usage.md b/sources/platform/proxy/usage.md
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--- a/sources/platform/proxy/usage.md
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@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ The table below describes the available parameters.
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-If you want to specify one parameter and not the others, just provide that parameter and omit the others. To use the default behavior (not specifying either `groups`, `session`, or `country`), set the username to **auto**. **auto** serves as a placeholder because the username can't be empty.
+If you want to specify one parameter and not the others, just provide that parameter and omit the others. To use the default behavior (not specifying either `groups`, `session`, or `country`), set the username to `auto`, which serves as a default placeholder, because the proxy username cannot be empty.
 
 ## Code examples