diff --git a/docs/manual.html b/docs/manual.html
index e8b901aa5..4a009d977 100755
--- a/docs/manual.html
+++ b/docs/manual.html
@@ -327,7 +327,12 @@ destruction of the session is performed from the <tt class="docutils literal"><s
 on it (since the session is being closed down, no operations are allowed on it). The
 only valid operation is calling the destructor:</p>
 <pre class="literal-block">
-class session_proxy { ~session_proxy() };
+class session_proxy
+{
+public:
+        session_proxy();
+        ~session_proxy()
+};
 </pre>
 </div>
 <div class="section" id="add-torrent">
diff --git a/docs/manual.rst b/docs/manual.rst
index 257d7a797..ae150329a 100755
--- a/docs/manual.rst
+++ b/docs/manual.rst
@@ -175,7 +175,12 @@ destruction of the session is performed from the ``session`` destructor call unt
 on it (since the session is being closed down, no operations are allowed on it). The
 only valid operation is calling the destructor::
 
-	class session_proxy { ~session_proxy() };
+	class session_proxy
+	{
+	public:
+		session_proxy();
+		~session_proxy()
+	};
 
 
 add_torrent()
diff --git a/include/libtorrent/session.hpp b/include/libtorrent/session.hpp
index 168d504c8..d62d69493 100755
--- a/include/libtorrent/session.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/session.hpp
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ namespace libtorrent
 	class TORRENT_EXPORT session_proxy
 	{
 		friend class session;
+	public:
+		session_proxy() {}
 	private:
 		session_proxy(boost::shared_ptr<aux::session_impl> impl)
 			: m_impl(impl) {}