diff --git a/docs/customizing_token_claims.rst b/docs/customizing_token_claims.rst
index a763f0f4b..187768c87 100644
--- a/docs/customizing_token_claims.rst
+++ b/docs/customizing_token_claims.rst
@@ -35,3 +35,7 @@ for the view, which is in turn used to generate the view's access token.
 
 As with the standard token views, you'll also need to include a url route to
 your subclassed view.
+
+You can also get the claim from request with:
+.. code-block:: python
+request._auth.get("name")