diff --git a/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt b/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt
index 99812673d4..e7d727403e 100644
--- a/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt
+++ b/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ Save these changes and start a new Python interactive shell by running
     <QuerySet [<Question: What's up?>]>
     # Print the SQL used to query the database
     >>> from pprint import pprint
-    >>> pprint(str(q.query))
+    >>> pprint(q.query)
     ('SELECT "polls_question"."id", "polls_question"."question_text", '
     '"polls_question"."pub_date" FROM "polls_question"')
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/db/queries.txt b/docs/topics/db/queries.txt
index cb9a071982..1f34060252 100644
--- a/docs/topics/db/queries.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/db/queries.txt
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ When debugging a query, it may be useful to see the SQL generated by a
 queryset. You may do this by converting the ``query`` attribute to a string.
 
     >>> q = Entry.objects.all()
-    >>> str(q.query)
+    >>> print(q.query)
 
 This prints the SQL that is used to query the database. From there, you may
 look for unexpected clauses, etc. Note that this SQL may require modification