diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index 2636bcf7ed..c971ee585a 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -1412,6 +1412,11 @@ of items to be merged into the context.
    default.  For more information, see the :ref:`messages documentation
    <ref-contrib-messages>`.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 1.2
+    The auth context processor was moved in this release from its old location
+    ``django.core.context_processors.auth`` to
+    ``django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth``.
+
 .. setting:: TEMPLATE_DEBUG
 
 TEMPLATE_DEBUG
diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
index 97f6431ba4..90e2c76dbe 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
@@ -325,6 +325,11 @@ and return a dictionary of items to be merged into the context. By default,
    The ``'messages'`` context processor was added.  For more information, see
    the :ref:`messages documentation <ref-contrib-messages>`.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 1.2
+    The auth context processor was moved in this release from its old location
+    ``django.core.context_processors.auth`` to
+    ``django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth``.
+
 Each processor is applied in order. That means, if one processor adds a
 variable to the context and a second processor adds a variable with the same
 name, the second will override the first. The default processors are explained
@@ -377,6 +382,10 @@ If :setting:`TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS` contains this processor, every
       ``django.core.context_processors.PermWrapper``, representing the
       permissions that the currently logged-in user has.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 1.2
+    This context processor was moved in this release from
+    ``django.core.context_processors.auth`` to its current location.
+
 .. versionchanged:: 1.2
    Prior to version 1.2, the ``messages`` variable was a lazy accessor for
    ``user.get_and_delete_messages()``. It has been changed to include any