diff --git a/docs/manual/src/docbook/namespace-config.xml b/docs/manual/src/docbook/namespace-config.xml
index d3121fa66c..ffcb9d548d 100644
--- a/docs/manual/src/docbook/namespace-config.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/src/docbook/namespace-config.xml
@@ -355,8 +355,10 @@
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where myAuthenticationProvider is the name of a
bean in your application context which implements
- AuthenticationProvider. See for more on information on how the Spring Security
+ AuthenticationProvider. You can use multiple
+ authentication-provider elements, in which case the providers
+ will be queried in the order they are declared. See for more on information on how the Spring Security
AuthenticationManager is configured using the
namespace.