diff --git a/source/_components/camera.generic.markdown b/source/_components/camera.generic.markdown
index 3872b836cfb..be468aab710 100644
--- a/source/_components/camera.generic.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/camera.generic.markdown
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ camera:
   name: my sample camera
   username: USERNAME
   password: PASSWORD
+  authentication: basic
 ```
 
 Configuration variables:
@@ -35,3 +36,4 @@ Configuration variables:
 - **name** (*Optional*): This parameter allows you to override the name of your camera.
 - **username** (*Optional*): The username for accessing your camera.
 - **password** (*Optional*): The password for accessing your camera.
+- **authentication** (*Optional*): `basic` (default) or `digest` auth for requests.
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diff --git a/source/_components/camera.mjpeg.markdown b/source/_components/camera.mjpeg.markdown
index 61202b15612..da77c05a216 100644
--- a/source/_components/camera.mjpeg.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/camera.mjpeg.markdown
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ camera:
   name: my sample camera
   username: USERNAME
   password: PASSWORD
+  authentication: basic
 ```
 
 Configuration variables:
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ Configuration variables:
 - **name** (*Optional*): This parameter allows you to override the name of your camera.
 - **username** (*Optional*): The username for accessing your camera.
 - **password** (*Optional*): The password for accessing your camera.
-
+- **authentication** (*Optional*): `basic` (default) or `digest` auth for requests.
+- 
 <p class='note'>
 There is a <a href="https://github.com/shazow/urllib3/issues/800" target="_blank">known issue in urllib3</a> that you will get error messages in your logs like <code>[StartBoundaryNotFoundDefect(), MultipartInvariantViolationDefect()], unparsed data: ''</code> but the component still works fine. You can ignore the messages. 
 </p>