diff --git a/components/http_foundation/session_configuration.rst b/components/http_foundation/session_configuration.rst
index ca1332cfaa1..bcd992128eb 100644
--- a/components/http_foundation/session_configuration.rst
+++ b/components/http_foundation/session_configuration.rst
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ Example usage::
     use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\NativeSessionStorage;
     use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\Handler\PdoSessionHandler;
 
-    $storage = new NativeSessionStorage(array(), new PdoSessionHandler());
+    $pdo = new \PDO('mysql:dbname=testdb;host=127.0.0.1');
+    $storage = new NativeSessionStorage(array(), new PdoSessionHandler($pdo));
     $session = new Session($storage);
 
 Configuring PHP Sessions