diff --git a/doc/user/tutorial.rst b/doc/user/tutorial.rst
index 794ff1e..7a79d4e 100644
--- a/doc/user/tutorial.rst
+++ b/doc/user/tutorial.rst
@@ -548,8 +548,7 @@ responders in a DRY way, e.g.,:
         params['project_id'] = req.get_header('X-PROJECT-ID')
 
 Now, you can imagine that such a hook should apply to all responders for
-a resource, or even globally to all resources. You can apply hooks to an
-entire resource like so:
+a resource. You can apply hooks to an entire resource like so:
 
 .. code:: python
 
@@ -558,12 +557,8 @@ entire resource like so:
 
         # ...
 
-And you can apply hooks globally by passing them into the API class
-initializer:
-
-.. code:: python
-
-    falcon.API(before=[extract_project_id])
+Similar logic can be applied globally with middleware.
+(See :ref:`falcon.middleware <middleware>`)
 
 To learn more about hooks, take a look at the docstring for the ``API`` class,
 as well the docstrings for the ``falcon.before`` and ``falcon.after`` decorators.