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authorkaren Carias <karen@gitlab.com>2015-08-18 15:56:38 -0700
committerkaren Carias <karen@gitlab.com>2015-08-18 15:56:38 -0700
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@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ your phone.
By enabling 2FA, the only way someone other than you can log into your account
is to know your username and password *and* have access to your phone.
+#### Note
+When you enable 2FA, don't forget to back up your recovery codes. For your safety, if you
+lose your codes for GitLab.com, we can't disable or recover them.
+
## Enabling 2FA
**In GitLab:**