diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/architecture.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/architecture.adoc
index 27aebd9fef1..7f9ba07e788 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/architecture.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/architecture.adoc
@@ -219,10 +219,9 @@ For applications which require high-end multithreaded access (e.g., web-servers
 ----
 // Create a connection to the cluster.
 Configuration conf = HBaseConfiguration.create();
-try (Connection connection = ConnectionFactory.createConnection(conf)) {
-  try (Table table = connection.getTable(TableName.valueOf(tablename)) {
-    // use table as needed, the table returned is lightweight
-  }
+try (Connection connection = ConnectionFactory.createConnection(conf);
+     Table table = connection.getTable(TableName.valueOf(tablename))) {
+  // use table as needed, the table returned is lightweight
 }
 ----
 ====
diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/security.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/security.adoc
index 0ed9ba218ee..ccb5adb1284 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/security.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/security.adoc
@@ -202,10 +202,9 @@ Set it in the `Configuration` supplied to `Table`:
 Configuration conf = HBaseConfiguration.create();
 Connection connection = ConnectionFactory.createConnection(conf);
 conf.set("hbase.rpc.protection", "privacy");
-try (Connection connection = ConnectionFactory.createConnection(conf)) {
-  try (Table table = connection.getTable(TableName.valueOf(tablename)) {
+try (Connection connection = ConnectionFactory.createConnection(conf);
+     Table table = connection.getTable(TableName.valueOf(tablename))) {
   .... do your stuff
-  }
 }
 ----
 
@@ -1014,24 +1013,16 @@ public static void grantOnTable(final HBaseTestingUtility util, final String use
   SecureTestUtil.updateACLs(util, new Callable<Void>() {
     @Override
     public Void call() throws Exception {
-      Configuration conf = HBaseConfiguration.create();
-      Connection connection = ConnectionFactory.createConnection(conf);
-      try (Connection connection = ConnectionFactory.createConnection(conf)) {
-        try (Table table = connection.getTable(TableName.valueOf(tablename)) {
-          AccessControlLists.ACL_TABLE_NAME);
-          try {
-            BlockingRpcChannel service = acl.coprocessorService(HConstants.EMPTY_START_ROW);
-            AccessControlService.BlockingInterface protocol =
-                AccessControlService.newBlockingStub(service);
-            ProtobufUtil.grant(protocol, user, table, family, qualifier, actions);
-          } finally {
-            acl.close();
-          }
-          return null;
-        }
+      try (Connection connection = ConnectionFactory.createConnection(util.getConfiguration());
+           Table acl = connection.getTable(AccessControlLists.ACL_TABLE_NAME)) {
+        BlockingRpcChannel service = acl.coprocessorService(HConstants.EMPTY_START_ROW);
+        AccessControlService.BlockingInterface protocol =
+          AccessControlService.newBlockingStub(service);
+        AccessControlUtil.grant(null, protocol, user, table, family, qualifier, false, actions);
       }
+      return null;
     }
-  }
+  });
 }
 ----