diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/features/authentication/password-storage.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/features/authentication/password-storage.adoc
index 95d511debe..251002b927 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/features/authentication/password-storage.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/features/authentication/password-storage.adoc
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ There are convenience mechanisms to make this easier, but this is still not inte
 .Java
 [source,java,role="primary",attrs="-attributes"]
 ----
-User user = User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder()
+UserDetails user = User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder()
   .username("user")
   .password("password")
   .roles("user")
@@ -243,12 +243,12 @@ If you are creating multiple users, you can also reuse the builder:
 [source,java,role="primary"]
 ----
 UserBuilder users = User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder();
-User user = users
+UserDetails user = users
   .username("user")
   .password("password")
   .roles("USER")
   .build();
-User admin = users
+UserDetails admin = users
   .username("admin")
   .password("password")
   .roles("USER","ADMIN")
diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authentication/session-management.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authentication/session-management.adoc
index 3b7115f815..6c46ba4478 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authentication/session-management.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authentication/session-management.adoc
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ Authentication authentication = this.authenticationManager.authenticate(token);
 // ...
 SecurityContext context = SecurityContextHolder.createEmptyContext(); <1>
 context.setAuthentication(authentication); <2>
-SecurityContextHolder.setContext(authentication); <3>
+SecurityContextHolder.setContext(context); <3>
 ----
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