diff --git a/cookbook/testing/simulating_authentication.rst b/cookbook/testing/simulating_authentication.rst
index f2e04acd612..e13881029e9 100644
--- a/cookbook/testing/simulating_authentication.rst
+++ b/cookbook/testing/simulating_authentication.rst
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ It could become an issue especially when ``form_login`` is used, since
 it requires additional requests to fill in and submit the form.
 
 One of the solutions is to configure your firewall to use ``http_basic`` in
-the test environment as explained in
-:doc:`/cookbook/testing/http_authentication`.
+the test environment as explained in :doc:`/cookbook/testing/http_authentication`.
 Another way would be to create a token yourself and store it in a session.
 While doing this, you have to make sure that an appropriate cookie is sent
 with a request. The following example demonstrates this technique::
@@ -45,7 +44,9 @@ with a request. The following example demonstrates this technique::
         {
             $session = $this->client->getContainer()->get('session');
 
+            // the firewall context (defaults to the firewall name)
             $firewall = 'secured_area';
+
             $token = new UsernamePasswordToken('admin', null, $firewall, array('ROLE_ADMIN'));
             $session->set('_security_'.$firewall, serialize($token));
             $session->save();