diff --git a/doc/tutorial/Authentication.lhs b/doc/tutorial/Authentication.lhs
index 9b3fa07b..25b87bd1 100644
--- a/doc/tutorial/Authentication.lhs
+++ b/doc/tutorial/Authentication.lhs
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ lookupAccount key = case Map.lookup key database of
 For generalized authentication, servant exposes the `AuthHandler` type,
 which is used to wrap the `Request -> Handler user` logic. Let's
 create a value of type `AuthHandler Request Account` using the above `lookupAccount`
-method:
+method (note: we depend upon `cookie`'s `parseCookies` for this):
 
 ```haskell
 import           Web.Cookie             (parseCookies)