diff --git a/docs/settings.txt b/docs/settings.txt
index 4e749add37..9bf49e9969 100644
--- a/docs/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/settings.txt
@@ -520,7 +520,8 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES
 
 Default::
 
-    ("django.middleware.sessions.SessionMiddleware",
+    ("django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
+     "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
      "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
      "django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware")
 
diff --git a/docs/transactions.txt b/docs/transactions.txt
index b50b8328b0..a2c1d8a6d2 100644
--- a/docs/transactions.txt
+++ b/docs/transactions.txt
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ handle transactions. To activate this feature, just add the
 ``TransactionMiddleware`` middleware to your stack::
 
     MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
+        "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
         "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
-        "django.middleware.sessions.SessionMiddleware",
         "django.middleware.cache.CacheMiddleware",
         "django.middleware.transaction.TransactionMiddleware",
     )