diff --git a/docs/admin/setup/security.rst b/docs/admin/setup/security.rst
index b3bc860b2358..4a7ef89c2aad 100644
--- a/docs/admin/setup/security.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/setup/security.rst
@@ -58,10 +58,15 @@ variables (`Spring relaxed binding <https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-bo
     possible for the system account that runs Artemis and administrators.
 
 
+.. _configure-ssh-access:
+
 SSH Access
 ----------
 
-Follow the following steps to create and manage SSH key pairs,
+To allow users to clone their programming exercises via SSH in the integrated code lifecycle setup, SSH must be
+configured correctly on the server.
+
+Follow the next steps to create and manage SSH key pairs,
 distribute them across multiple nodes via Ansible, configure the
 system to use these keys, and adapt Nginx to enable SSH routing.
 
@@ -74,11 +79,12 @@ using the ssh-keygen command. Here's how you can do it:
 .. code-block:: bash
 
     # Generate RSA key pair
-    ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+    ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -f ~/artemis_ssh/id_rsa
 
     # Generate Ed25519 key pair
-    ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+    ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/artemis_ssh/id_ed25519
 
+Make sure the keys have the standard name for the according key type. E.g. id_rsa for RSA.
 
 Adding Key Pairs to VM via Ansible
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diff --git a/docs/dev/setup/integrated-code-lifecycle.rst b/docs/dev/setup/integrated-code-lifecycle.rst
index 16870ab98f4b..78f6ca6c3cdc 100644
--- a/docs/dev/setup/integrated-code-lifecycle.rst
+++ b/docs/dev/setup/integrated-code-lifecycle.rst
@@ -121,9 +121,7 @@ To create a course with registered users, you can use the scripts from ``support
     </iframe>
 
 - Make sure that the result of your submission is displayed in the Artemis UI.
-
-.. HINT::
-   At the moment, the Local VC system only supports accessing repositories via HTTP(S) and Basic Auth. We plan to add SSH support in the future. For now, you need to enter your Artemis credentials (username and password) when accessing template, solution, test, and assignment repositories.
+- Users can access their repositories via HTTPS and SSH. For SSH to work, you must first :ref:`configure SSH <configure-ssh-access>`.
 
 For unauthorized access, your Git client will display the respective error message: