diff --git a/book/en/src/by-example/app.md b/book/en/src/by-example/app.md
index 344cefc7aa..23bff68d96 100644
--- a/book/en/src/by-example/app.md
+++ b/book/en/src/by-example/app.md
@@ -33,15 +33,16 @@ required).
 
 This initialization function will be the first part of the application to run.
 The `init` function will run *with interrupts disabled* and has exclusive access
-to Cortex-M and, optionally, device specific peripherals through the `core` and
-`device` fields of `init::Context`.
+to Cortex-M where the `bare_metal::CriticalSection` token is available as `cs`.
+And optionally, device specific peripherals through the `core` and `device` fields
+of `init::Context`.
 
 `static mut` variables declared at the beginning of `init` will be transformed
 into `&'static mut` references that are safe to access.
 
 [`rtic::Peripherals`]: ../../api/rtic/struct.Peripherals.html
 
-The example below shows the types of the `core` and `device` fields and
+The example below shows the types of the `core`, `device` and `cs` fields, and
 showcases safe access to a `static mut` variable. The `device` field is only
 available when the `peripherals` argument is set to `true` (it defaults to
 `false`).
diff --git a/examples/init.rs b/examples/init.rs
index 315969f045..1623ca7c78 100644
--- a/examples/init.rs
+++ b/examples/init.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ const APP: () = {
         // Safe access to local `static mut` variable
         let _x: &'static mut u32 = X;
 
+        // Access to the critical section token,
+        // to indicate that this is a critical seciton
+        let _cs_token: bare_metal::CriticalSection = cx.cs;
+
         hprintln!("init").unwrap();
 
         debug::exit(debug::EXIT_SUCCESS);