diff --git a/analyze/action.yml b/analyze/action.yml
index 7e5f02ac02..2742bdf34c 100644
--- a/analyze/action.yml
+++ b/analyze/action.yml
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ inputs:
     required: true
     default: "true"
   token:
+    description: "GitHub token to use for authenticating with this instance of GitHub. The token needs the `security-events: write` permission."
+    required: false
     default: ${{ github.token }}
   matrix:
     default: ${{ toJson(matrix) }}
diff --git a/autobuild/action.yml b/autobuild/action.yml
index 208ef1442d..f688b56119 100644
--- a/autobuild/action.yml
+++ b/autobuild/action.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ description: 'Attempt to automatically build code'
 author: 'GitHub'
 inputs:
   token:
+    description: "GitHub token to use for authenticating with this instance of GitHub. The token needs the `security-events: write` permission."
+    required: false
     default: ${{ github.token }}
   matrix:
     default: ${{ toJson(matrix) }}
diff --git a/resolve-environment/action.yml b/resolve-environment/action.yml
index 17c22c0e43..d92f9e78d3 100644
--- a/resolve-environment/action.yml
+++ b/resolve-environment/action.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ description: '[Experimental] Attempt to infer a build environment suitable for a
 author: 'GitHub'
 inputs:
   token:
+    description: "GitHub token to use for authenticating with this instance of GitHub. The token needs the `security-events: write` permission."
+    required: false
     default: ${{ github.token }}
   matrix:
     default: ${{ toJson(matrix) }}
diff --git a/upload-sarif/action.yml b/upload-sarif/action.yml
index 1794c365ad..cf7ce68a4e 100644
--- a/upload-sarif/action.yml
+++ b/upload-sarif/action.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ inputs:
     description: "The sha of the HEAD of the ref where results will be uploaded. If not provided, the Action will use the GITHUB_SHA environment variable. If provided, the ref input must be provided as well. This input is ignored for pull requests from forks."
     required: false
   token:
+    description: "GitHub token to use for authenticating with this instance of GitHub. The token needs the `security-events: write` permission."
+    required: false
     default: ${{ github.token }}
   matrix:
     default: ${{ toJson(matrix) }}