diff --git a/docs/guide/connecting.rst b/docs/guide/connecting.rst
index dea6a3dc..8674b5eb 100644
--- a/docs/guide/connecting.rst
+++ b/docs/guide/connecting.rst
@@ -6,20 +6,23 @@ Connecting to MongoDB
 
 To connect to a running instance of :program:`mongod`, use the
 :func:`~mongoengine.connect` function. The first argument is the name of the
-database to connect to. If the database does not exist, it will be created. If
-the database requires authentication, :attr:`username` and :attr:`password`
-arguments may be provided::
+database to connect to::
 
     from mongoengine import connect
-    connect('project1', username='webapp', password='pwd123')
+    connect('project1')
 
 By default, MongoEngine assumes that the :program:`mongod` instance is running
-on **localhost** on port **27017**. If MongoDB is running elsewhere, you may
-provide :attr:`host` and :attr:`port` arguments to
+on **localhost** on port **27017**. If MongoDB is running elsewhere, you should
+provide the :attr:`host` and :attr:`port` arguments to
 :func:`~mongoengine.connect`::
 
     connect('project1', host='192.168.1.35', port=12345)
 
+If the database requires authentication, :attr:`username` and :attr:`password`
+arguments should be provided::
+
+    connect('project1', username='webapp', password='pwd123')
+
 Uri style connections are also supported as long as you include the database
 name - just supply the uri as the :attr:`host` to
 :func:`~mongoengine.connect`::
@@ -74,8 +77,8 @@ to point across databases and collections.  Below is an example schema, using
 Switch Database Context Manager
 ===============================
 
-Sometimes you may want to switch the database to query against for a class,
-for example, you archive older data into a separate database for performance
+Sometimes you may want to switch the database to query against for a class
+for example, archiving older data into a separate database for performance
 reasons.
 
 The :class:`~mongoengine.context_managers.switch_db` context manager allows