diff --git a/docs/simplesamlphp-scoping.txt b/docs/simplesamlphp-scoping.txt
index e732dc19703dc82f21c6909ac2760c092dcb48f8..4fe5b723494a3c48289f320a47857d36c54a8439 100644
--- a/docs/simplesamlphp-scoping.txt
+++ b/docs/simplesamlphp-scoping.txt
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ were involved in the authentication of the user, SimpleSAMLphp addes the
 AuthenticatingAuthority elements.
 
 The list of authenticating authorities (the AuthenticatingAuthority element) 
-can be retrived as an array from the session object.
+can be retrived as an array from the authentication data.
+
+    # Get the authentication source.
+    $as = new SimpleSAML_Auth_Simple();
 
-    # Get the current persistent authentication state
-    $authstate = $session->getAuthState();
-    
     # Get the AuthenticatingAuthority
-    $aa = $authstate['saml:AuthenticatingAuthority'];
+    $aa = $as->getAuthData('saml:AuthenticatingAuthority');
 
 Support
 -------