diff --git a/reference/mongo/connecting.xml b/reference/mongo/connecting.xml
index 16e78d7ff3..d0aa18cb8c 100644
--- a/reference/mongo/connecting.xml
+++ b/reference/mongo/connecting.xml
@@ -58,41 +58,6 @@ $m = new Mongo("mongodb://${username}:${password}@localhost", array("db" => "myD
If your connection is dropped, the driver will automatically attempt to
reconnect and reauthenticate you.
-
- You can also authenticate on a per-database level with
- MongoDB::authenticate:
-
-
-admin;
-
-$db->authenticate($username, $password);
-
-?>
-]]>
-
-
- There is a major disadvantage to this method: if the connection is dropped
- and then reconnects, the new connection will not be authenticated. If you use
- the URI format, the PHP driver will automatically authenticate the user
- whenever a new connection is made.
-
-
- To authenticate with a different database, specify the database name after
- the hosts. This example will log the user into the "blog" database:
-
-
-
-]]>
-