diff --git a/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt b/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt
index 35f78718e4..c58444b9d6 100644
--- a/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ For example, if your custom tags/filters are in a file called
 ``poll_extras.py``, your app layout might look like this::
 
     polls/
+        __init__.py
         models.py
         templatetags/
             __init__.py