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diff --git a/docs/narr/threadlocals.rst b/docs/narr/threadlocals.rst index 7437a3a76..8aa5b313d 100644 --- a/docs/narr/threadlocals.rst +++ b/docs/narr/threadlocals.rst @@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ various :app:`Pyramid` API functions. For example, the implementation of the :mod:`pyramid.security` function named :func:`~pyramid.security.authenticated_userid` (deprecated as of 1.5) retrieves the thread local :term:`application registry` as a matter of course to find an -:term:`authentication policy`. It uses the +:term:`security policy`. It uses the :func:`pyramid.threadlocal.get_current_registry` function to retrieve the -application registry, from which it looks up the authentication policy; it then -uses the authentication policy to retrieve the authenticated user id. This is -how :app:`Pyramid` allows arbitrary authentication policies to be "plugged in". +application registry, from which it looks up the security policy; it then +uses the security policy to retrieve the authenticated user id. This is +how :app:`Pyramid` allows arbitrary security policies to be "plugged in". When they need to do so, :app:`Pyramid` internals use two API functions to retrieve the :term:`request` and :term:`application registry`: |