diff --git a/Doc/lib/liburllib2.tex b/Doc/lib/liburllib2.tex
index ed3ab96eed8..f6ff513e647 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/liburllib2.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/liburllib2.tex
@@ -817,7 +817,10 @@ Use of Basic HTTP Authentication:
 import urllib2
 # Create an OpenerDirector with support for Basic HTTP Authentication...
 auth_handler = urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler()
-auth_handler.add_password('realm', 'host', 'username', 'password')
+auth_handler.add_password(realm='PDQ Application',
+                          uri='https://mahler:8092/site-updates.py',
+                          user='klem',
+                          passwd='kadidd!ehopper')
 opener = urllib2.build_opener(auth_handler)
 # ...and install it globally so it can be used with urlopen.
 urllib2.install_opener(opener)
diff --git a/Lib/urllib2.py b/Lib/urllib2.py
index 7c73f817f81..8a1b61bde79 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib2.py
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ import urllib2
 
 # set up authentication info
 authinfo = urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler()
-authinfo.add_password('realm', 'host', 'username', 'password')
+authinfo.add_password(realm='PDQ Application',
+                      uri='https://mahler:8092/site-updates.py',
+                      user='klem',
+                      passwd='geheim$parole')
 
 proxy_support = urllib2.ProxyHandler({"http" : "http://ahad-haam:3128"})