diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/authentication/client/AuthenticatedURL.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/authentication/client/AuthenticatedURL.java
index f87d9d8d5a..6604c3ffc1 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/authentication/client/AuthenticatedURL.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/authentication/client/AuthenticatedURL.java
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@
  * URL url = new URL("http://foo:8080/bar");
  * AuthenticatedURL.Token token = new AuthenticatedURL.Token();
  * AuthenticatedURL aUrl = new AuthenticatedURL();
- * HttpURLConnection conn = new AuthenticatedURL(url, token).openConnection();
+ * HttpURLConnection conn = new AuthenticatedURL().openConnection(url, token);
  * ....
  * // use the 'conn' instance
  * ....
  *
  * // establishing a follow up connection using a token from the previous connection
  *
- * HttpURLConnection conn = new AuthenticatedURL(url, token).openConnection();
+ * HttpURLConnection conn = new AuthenticatedURL().openConnection(url, token);
  * ....
  * // use the 'conn' instance
  * ....
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/site/markdown/Examples.md b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/site/markdown/Examples.md
index 7efb642d7d..4dad79dd06 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/site/markdown/Examples.md
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/site/markdown/Examples.md
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ Use the `AuthenticatedURL` class to obtain an authenticated HTTP connection:
     URL url = new URL("http://localhost:8080/hadoop-auth/kerberos/who");
     AuthenticatedURL.Token token = new AuthenticatedURL.Token();
     ...
-    HttpURLConnection conn = new AuthenticatedURL(url, token).openConnection();
+    HttpURLConnection conn = new AuthenticatedURL().openConnection(url, token);
     ...
-    conn = new AuthenticatedURL(url, token).openConnection();
+    conn = new AuthenticatedURL().openConnection(url, token);
     ...
 
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