diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 3644bcf2..1442ac0f 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Bug Fixes
 --------
 * Refactor completions for special commands, with minor casing fixes.
 * Raise `--password-file` higher in the precedence of password specification.
+* Fix regression: show username in password prompt.
 
 
 Internal
diff --git a/mycli/main.py b/mycli/main.py
index 0e3e37d3..bf91020d 100755
--- a/mycli/main.py
+++ b/mycli/main.py
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ def connect(
         ssh_key_filename: str | None = "",
         init_command: str | None = "",
         unbuffered: bool | None = None,
+        password_file: str | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         cnf = {
             "database": None,
@@ -538,9 +539,43 @@ def connect(
         # 4. DSN (mysql://user:password)
         # 5. cnf (.my.cnf / etc)
 
+        def get_password_from_file(password_file: str | None) -> str | None:
+            if not password_file:
+                return None
+            try:
+                with open(password_file) as fp:
+                    password = fp.readline().strip()
+                    return password
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                click.secho(f"Password file '{password_file}' not found", err=True, fg="red")
+                sys.exit(1)
+            except PermissionError:
+                click.secho(f"Permission denied reading password file '{password_file}'", err=True, fg="red")
+                sys.exit(1)
+            except IsADirectoryError:
+                click.secho(f"Path '{password_file}' is a directory, not a file", err=True, fg="red")
+                sys.exit(1)
+            except Exception as e:
+                click.secho(f"Error reading password file '{password_file}': {str(e)}", err=True, fg="red")
+                sys.exit(1)
+
+        if passwd == "MYCLI_ASK_PASSWORD":
+            passwd = click.prompt(f"Enter password for {user}", hide_input=True, show_default=False, default='', type=str, err=True)
+
+        # if the passwd is not specified try to set it using the password_file option
+        if passwd is None and password_file:
+            password_from_file = get_password_from_file(password_file)
+            if password_from_file is not None:
+                passwd = password_from_file
+
+        # getting the envvar ourselves because the envvar from a click
+        # option cannot be an empty string, but a password can be
+        if passwd is None and os.environ.get("MYSQL_PWD") is not None:
+            passwd = os.environ.get("MYSQL_PWD")
+
         # if no password was found from all of the above sources, ask for a password
         if passwd is None:
-            passwd = click.prompt("Enter password", hide_input=True, show_default=False, default='', type=str, err=True)
+            passwd = click.prompt(f"Enter password for {user}", hide_input=True, show_default=False, default='', type=str, err=True)
 
         # Connect to the database.
         def _connect() -> None:
@@ -1600,34 +1635,7 @@ def cli(
       - mycli mysql://my_user@my_host.com:3306/my_database
 
     """
-
-    def get_password_from_file(password_file: str | None) -> str | None:
-        if not password_file:
-            return None
-        try:
-            with open(password_file) as fp:
-                password = fp.readline().strip()
-                return password
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            click.secho(f"Password file '{password_file}' not found", err=True, fg="red")
-            sys.exit(1)
-        except PermissionError:
-            click.secho(f"Permission denied reading password file '{password_file}'", err=True, fg="red")
-            sys.exit(1)
-        except IsADirectoryError:
-            click.secho(f"Path '{password_file}' is a directory, not a file", err=True, fg="red")
-            sys.exit(1)
-        except Exception as e:
-            click.secho(f"Error reading password file '{password_file}': {str(e)}", err=True, fg="red")
-            sys.exit(1)
-
-    # if user passes the --p* flag, ask for the password right away
-    # to reduce lag as much as possible
-    if password == "MYCLI_ASK_PASSWORD":
-        password = click.prompt("Enter password", hide_input=True, show_default=False, default='', type=str, err=True)
-    # if the password value looks like a DSN, treat it as such and
-    # prompt for password
-    elif database is None and password is not None and "://" in password:
+    if database is None and password is not None and "://" in password:
         # check if the scheme is valid. We do not actually have any logic for these, but
         # it will most usefully catch the case where we erroneously catch someone's
         # password, and give them an easy error message to follow / report
@@ -1636,17 +1644,7 @@ def get_password_from_file(password_file: str | None) -> str | None:
             click.secho(f"Error: Unknown connection scheme provided for DSN URI ({scheme}://)", err=True, fg="red")
             sys.exit(1)
         database = password
-        password = click.prompt("Enter password", hide_input=True, show_default=False, default='', type=str, err=True)
-
-    # if the passwd is not specified try to set it using the password_file option
-    if password is None and password_file:
-        if password_from_file := get_password_from_file(password_file):
-            password = password_from_file
-
-    # getting the envvar ourselves because the envvar from a click
-    # option cannot be an empty string, but a password can be
-    if password is None and os.environ.get("MYSQL_PWD") is not None:
-        password = os.environ.get("MYSQL_PWD")
+        password = "MYCLI_ASK_PASSWORD"
 
     mycli = MyCli(
         prompt=prompt,
@@ -1880,6 +1878,7 @@ def get_password_from_file(password_file: str | None) -> str | None:
         init_command=combined_init_cmd,
         unbuffered=unbuffered,
         charset=charset,
+        password_file=password_file,
     )
 
     if combined_init_cmd:
diff --git a/test/test_main.py b/test/test_main.py
index 451277a4..eb7b0683 100644
--- a/test/test_main.py
+++ b/test/test_main.py
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 from click.testing import CliRunner
 from pymysql.err import OperationalError
 
-from mycli.main import MyCli, cli, is_valid_connection_scheme, thanks_picker
+from mycli.main import MyCli, cli, thanks_picker
+from mycli.packages.parseutils import is_valid_connection_scheme
 import mycli.packages.special
 from mycli.packages.special.main import COMMANDS as SPECIAL_COMMANDS
 from mycli.sqlexecute import ServerInfo, SQLExecute