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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/session.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/session.py
index 96a6983f8..e0f79cd8a 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/session.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/session.py
@@ -2041,11 +2041,20 @@ class sessionmaker(_SessionClassMethods):
     with an existing :class:`.sessionmaker` factory before it is first
     used::
 
+        # application starts
         Session = sessionmaker()
-        Session.configure(bind=create_engine('sqlite:///foo.db'))
+
+        # ... later
+        engine = create_engine('sqlite:///foo.db')
+        Session.configure(bind=engine)
 
         sess = Session()
 
+    .. seealso:
+
+        :ref:`session_getting` - introductory text on creating
+        sessions using :class:`.sessionmaker`.
+
     """
 
     def __init__(self, bind=None, class_=Session, autoflush=True,