diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt
index 34d15db04a..a6731223e0 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt
@@ -90,31 +90,29 @@ every POST request. For this reason, there is an alternative method: on each
 XMLHttpRequest, set a custom `X-CSRFToken` header to the value of the CSRF
 token. This is often easier, because many javascript frameworks provide hooks
 that allow headers to be set on every request. In jQuery, you can use the
-``beforeSend`` hook as follows:
+``ajaxSend`` event as follows:
 
 .. code-block:: javascript
 
-    $.ajaxSetup({
-        beforeSend: function(xhr, settings) {
-            function getCookie(name) {
-                var cookieValue = null;
-                if (document.cookie && document.cookie != '') {
-                    var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
-                    for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
-                        var cookie = jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);
-                        // Does this cookie string begin with the name we want?
-                        if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '=')) {
-                            cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
-                            break;
-                        }
+    $('html').ajaxSend(function(event, xhr, settings) {
+        function getCookie(name) {
+            var cookieValue = null;
+            if (document.cookie && document.cookie != '') {
+                var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
+                for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
+                    var cookie = jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);
+                    // Does this cookie string begin with the name we want?
+                    if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '=')) {
+                        cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
+                        break;
                     }
                 }
-                return cookieValue;
-            }
-            if (!(/^http:.*/.test(settings.url) || /^https:.*/.test(settings.url))) {
-                // Only send the token to relative URLs i.e. locally.
-                xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", getCookie('csrftoken'));
             }
+            return cookieValue;
+        }
+        if (!(/^http:.*/.test(settings.url) || /^https:.*/.test(settings.url))) {
+            // Only send the token to relative URLs i.e. locally.
+            xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", getCookie('csrftoken'));
         }
     });