diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/execution/session_state.rs b/datafusion/core/src/execution/session_state.rs
index 226e8085341e..ea7a65cc308f 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/execution/session_state.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/execution/session_state.rs
@@ -77,10 +77,23 @@ use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
-/// Execution context for registering data sources and executing queries.
-/// See [`SessionContext`] for a higher level API.
+/// `SessionState` contains all the necessary state to plan and execute queries,
+/// such as configuration, functions, and runtime environment. Please see the
+/// documentation on [`SessionContext`] for more information.
 ///
-/// Use the [`SessionStateBuilder`] to build a SessionState object.
+///
+/// # Example: `SessionState` from a [`SessionContext`]
+///
+/// ```
+/// use datafusion::prelude::*;
+/// let ctx = SessionContext::new();
+/// let state = ctx.state();
+/// ```
+///
+/// # Example: `SessionState` via [`SessionStateBuilder`]
+///
+/// You can also use [`SessionStateBuilder`] to build a `SessionState` object
+/// directly:
 ///
 /// ```
 /// use datafusion::prelude::*;
diff --git a/datafusion/execution/src/task.rs b/datafusion/execution/src/task.rs
index df7fd0dbd92c..21a644284c42 100644
--- a/datafusion/execution/src/task.rs
+++ b/datafusion/execution/src/task.rs
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ use datafusion_expr::{AggregateUDF, ScalarUDF, WindowUDF};
 
 /// Task Execution Context
 ///
-/// A [`TaskContext`] contains the state required during a single
-/// query's execution. Please see [`SessionContext`] for a user level
-/// multi-query API.
+/// A [`TaskContext`] contains the state required during a single query's
+/// execution. Please see the documentation on [`SessionContext`] for more
+/// information.
 ///
 /// [`SessionContext`]: https://docs.rs/datafusion/latest/datafusion/execution/context/struct.SessionContext.html
 #[derive(Debug)]