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-As you can see, the default scope `api` is used, which is the only scope that
-GitLab supports so far. At any time you can revoke any access by just clicking
-**Revoke**.
+GitLab's OAuth applications support scopes, which restrict the actions that any given
+application can perform. Although there are only two scopes available at the
+moment – `read_user` and `api` – the groundwork has been laid to add more scopes easily.
+
+At any time you can revoke any access by just clicking **Revoke**.
[oauth]: http://oauth.net/2/ "OAuth website"