Index: docs/sessions.txt
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--- docs/sessions.txt	(Revision 5722)
+++ docs/sessions.txt	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -188,11 +188,15 @@
 
     # Gotcha: Session is NOT modified, because this alters
     # request.session['foo'] instead of request.session.
+    # You need to tell the session framework, that the session
+    # has changed:
     request.session['foo']['bar'] = 'baz'
+    request.session.modified = True
 
-To change this default behavior, set the ``SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST`` setting
-to ``True``. If ``SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST`` is ``True``, Django will save
-the session to the database on every single request.
+If you are lazy and don't want to set the ``modified`` attribute, you
+can set the ``SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST`` setting to ``True``. If
+``SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST`` is ``True``, Django will save the
+session to the database on every single request.
 
 Note that the session cookie is only sent when a session has been created or
 modified. If ``SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST`` is ``True``, the session cookie
