diff --git a/docs/widgets/services/pfsense.md b/docs/widgets/services/pfsense.md
index 1d9e84613..6761b4509 100644
--- a/docs/widgets/services/pfsense.md
+++ b/docs/widgets/services/pfsense.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ This widget requires the installation of the [pfsense-api](https://github.com/ja
 
 Once pfSense API is installed, you can set the API to be read-only in System > API > Settings.
 
-Currently the only supported authentication mode is 'Local Database'.
+There are two currently supported authentication modes: 'Local Database' and 'API Token'. To for 'Local Database', use the `username` and `password` fields with the credentials of a pfSense admin user. For 'API Token', utilize the `headers` parameter as shown below. When generating a new key, the client_token will be shown once at the top of the page in an alert box and the client_id will be shown at the bottom of the page. 
 
 WAN interface to monitor can be defined by updating the `wan` param.
 
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ Allowed fields: `["load", "memory", "temp", "wanStatus", "wanIP", "disk"]` (maxi
 widget:
   type: pfsense
   url: http://pfsense.host.or.ip:port
-  username: user
-  password: pass
+  username: user # only if not utilizing headers
+  password: pass # only if not utilizing headers
+  headers: # use this instead of username and password
+    Authorization: client_id client_token
   wan: igb0
 ```