diff --git a/docs/ref/request-response.txt b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
index 6f620e17e2..0f62741c5d 100644
--- a/docs/ref/request-response.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ Methods
 
     .. _HTTPOnly: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/HTTPOnly
 
-.. method:: HttpResponse.set_signed_cookie(key, value='', salt='', max_age=None, expires=None, path='/', domain=None, secure=None, httponly=True)
+.. method:: HttpResponse.set_signed_cookie(key, value, salt='', max_age=None, expires=None, path='/', domain=None, secure=None, httponly=True)
 
     Like :meth:`~HttpResponse.set_cookie()`, but
     :doc:`cryptographic signing </topics/signing>` the cookie before setting