diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
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--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -270,4 +270,4 @@ $session->setCookieParams(array('lifetime' => '1209600'));
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-> N.b: The `setCookieParams` method calls [session_set_cookie_params](http://php.net/session_set_cookie_params) internally.
+> N.b: The `setCookieParams` method calls [session_set_cookie_params](http://php.net/session_set_cookie_params) internally. Thus, you need to call `setCookieParams` for every request and before session_start() is called.