clarify when workflow scope is necessary

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@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ It will use their own fork to push code and create the pull request.
1. Create a new GitHub user and login. 1. Create a new GitHub user and login.
2. Fork the repository that you will be creating pull requests in. 2. Fork the repository that you will be creating pull requests in.
3. Create a Classic [Personal Access Token (PAT)](https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token) with `repo` [and `workflow`](https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request/issues/3510) scopes. 3. Create a Classic [Personal Access Token (PAT)](https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token) with `repo` scope. If the upstream repository uses GitHub Actions, it's highly likely that you will also need the `workflow` scope.
4. Logout and log back into your main user account. 4. Logout and log back into your main user account.
5. Add a secret to your repository containing the above PAT. 5. Add a secret to your repository containing the above PAT.
6. As shown in the following example workflow, set the `push-to-fork` input to the full repository name of the fork. 6. As shown in the following example workflow, set the `push-to-fork` input to the full repository name of the fork.