diff --git a/function/github.go b/function/github.go
index e653322..fe4f402 100644
--- a/function/github.go
+++ b/function/github.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"html/template"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -41,9 +42,18 @@ func PrintContributors(owner, repo string) (output string) {
 func ghRequest(api string) (data []byte, err error) {
 	var (
 		resp *http.Response
+		req  *http.Request
 	)
 
-	if resp, err = http.Get(api); err == nil && resp.StatusCode == http.StatusOK {
+	if req, err = http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, api, nil); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if os.Getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN") != "" {
+		req.Header.Set("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("token %s", os.Getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")))
+	}
+
+	if resp, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req); err == nil && resp.StatusCode == http.StatusOK {
 		data, err = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	}
 	return
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2a2a56f..dc8c2a2 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func loadTemplate(templateFile string, includeHeader bool) (readmeTpl string, er
 }
 
 func (o *option) runE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
-	logger = log.New(cmd.OutOrStdout(), "", log.LstdFlags)
+	logger = log.New(cmd.ErrOrStderr(), "", log.LstdFlags)
 	if o.printFunctions {
 		printFunctions(cmd.OutOrStdout())
 		return
@@ -298,7 +298,9 @@ func newRootCommand() (cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "yaml-readme",
 		Short: "A helper to generate a README file from Golang-based template",
-		RunE:  opt.runE,
+		Long: `A helper to generate a README file from Golang-based template
+Some functions rely on the GitHub API, in order to avoid X-RateLimit-Limit errors you can set an environment variable: 'GITHUB_TOKEN'`,
+		RunE: opt.runE,
 	}
 	cmd.SetOut(os.Stdout)
 	flags := cmd.Flags()