diff --git a/docs/ref/models/instances.txt b/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
index dd14dd1ce7..1e72e0c662 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ special key that is used for errors that are tied to the entire model instead
 of to a specific field. You can access these errors with ``NON_FIELD_ERRORS``::
 
 
-    from django.core.validators import ValidationError, NON_FIELD_ERRORS
+    from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError, NON_FIELD_ERRORS
     try:
         article.full_clean()
     except ValidationError, e: