diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
index 6ed929cb7d2..b661806c765 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ There are seven steps in activating the Django admin site:
    in your :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` list, add them.
 
 3. Add ``django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages`` to
-   :setting:`TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS` and
-   :class:`~django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware` to
-   :setting:`MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES`. (These are both active by default, so
+   :setting:`TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS` as well as
+   :class:`django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware` and
+   :class:`django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware` to
+   :setting:`MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES`. (These are all active by default, so
    you only need to do this if you've manually tweaked the settings.)
 
 4. Determine which of your application's models should be editable in the