Tweak throttling/permissions/auth docs

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diff --git a/docs/api-guide/authentication.md b/docs/api-guide/authentication.md
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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The `request.auth` property is used for any additional authentication informatio
 
 ## How authentication is determined
 
-Authentication is always set as a list of classes.  REST framework will attempt to authenticate with each class in the list, and will set `request.user` and `request.auth` using the return value of the first class that successfully authenticates.
+The authentication policy is always defined as a list of classes.  REST framework will attempt to authenticate with each class in the list, and will set `request.user` and `request.auth` using the return value of the first class that successfully authenticates.
 
 If no class authenticates, `request.user` will be set to an instance of `django.contrib.auth.models.AnonymousUser`, and `request.auth` will be set to `None`.