diff --git a/docs/authentication.txt b/docs/authentication.txt
index d10dda28ef..f161e9d357 100644
--- a/docs/authentication.txt
+++ b/docs/authentication.txt
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@ Methods
 ``user_permissions``. ``User`` objects can access their related
 objects in the same way as any other `Django model`_::
 
-    myuser.objects.groups = [group_list]
-    myuser.objects.groups.add(group, group,...)
-    myuser.objects.groups.remove(group, group,...)
-    myuser.objects.groups.clear()
-    myuser.objects.permissions = [permission_list]
-    myuser.objects.permissions.add(permission, permission, ...)
-    myuser.objects.permissions.remove(permission, permission, ...]
-    myuser.objects.permissions.clear()
+    myuser.groups = [group_list]
+    myuser.groups.add(group, group,...)
+    myuser.groups.remove(group, group,...)
+    myuser.groups.clear()
+    myuser.permissions = [permission_list]
+    myuser.permissions.add(permission, permission, ...)
+    myuser.permissions.remove(permission, permission, ...]
+    myuser.permissions.clear()
 
 In addition to those automatic API methods, ``User`` objects have the following
 custom methods: