diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 7f94fd8..dd545ae 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: sbtools
 Title: USGS ScienceBase Tools
 Maintainer: David Blodgett <dblodgett@usgs.gov>
-Version: 1.3.0
+Version: 1.3.1
 Authors@R: c(person("David", "Blodgett", role=c("cre"),
     email = "dblodgett@usgs.gov"),
     person("Luke", "Winslow", role = c("aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 690f4cb..b4c5ce7 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# version 1.3.1
+
+Improved handling of cached token.
+
 # version 1.3.0
 
 In this release, sbtools underwent a significant migration from `josso` login to `keycloak`-based two factor authentication. See #314 for details of the changes.
diff --git a/vignettes/sbtools.Rmd b/vignettes/sbtools.Rmd
index 40536ac..011940e 100644
--- a/vignettes/sbtools.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/sbtools.Rmd
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ Much of `sbtools` is intended to be used after authentication. This part of `sbt
 
 The old way used `authenticate_sb()` with a username and password. The password could be cached using the `keyring` package.
 
-```{r}
+NOTE: This method no longer works and is shown here for reference with regard to old code and workflows.
+
+```{r, eval=FALSE}
 authenticate_sb(Sys.getenv("sb_user"))
 
 my_home_item <- user_id()