diff --git a/django/views/i18n.py b/django/views/i18n.py
index 49e3f808c1..a110eb87ef 100644
--- a/django/views/i18n.py
+++ b/django/views/i18n.py
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ def builtin_template_path(name):
 
 def set_language(request):
     """
-    Redirect to a given URL while setting the chosen language in the session
-    (if enabled) and in a cookie. The URL and the language code need to be
-    specified in the request parameters.
+    Redirect to a given URL while setting the chosen language in the language
+    cookie. The URL and the language code need to be specified in the request
+    parameters.
 
     Since this view changes how the user will see the rest of the site, it must
     only be accessed as a POST request. If called as a GET request, it will
diff --git a/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt b/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt
index 186362ca7e..89dd11e0f4 100644
--- a/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt
@@ -1884,10 +1884,9 @@ Activate this view by adding the following line to your URLconf::
     language-independent itself to work correctly.
 
 The view expects to be called via the ``POST`` method, with a ``language``
-parameter set in request. If session support is enabled, the view saves the
-language choice in the user's session. It also saves the language choice in a
-cookie that is named ``django_language`` by default. (The name can be changed
-through the :setting:`LANGUAGE_COOKIE_NAME` setting.)
+parameter set in request. The view saves the language choice in a cookie that
+is named ``django_language`` by default. (The name can be changed through the
+:setting:`LANGUAGE_COOKIE_NAME` setting.)
 
 After setting the language choice, Django looks for a ``next`` parameter in the
 ``POST`` or ``GET`` data. If that is found and Django considers it to be a safe