diff --git a/docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt b/docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt
index 60d456b2f1..8642da2c38 100644
--- a/docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ MIME type :mimetype:`application/xhtml+xml`::
     def my_view(request):
         # View code here...
         return render_to_response('myapp/index.html', {"foo": "bar"},
-            mimetype="application/xhtml+xml")
+            content_type="application/xhtml+xml")
 
 This example is equivalent to::