diff --git a/docs/ref/models/instances.txt b/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
index d007659301..8bb6cf9cc5 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ the ``url`` function)::
 ...and then using that name to perform the reverse URL resolution instead
 of the view name::
 
-    from django.db.models import permalink
+    from django.db import models
 
     @models.permalink
     def get_absolute_url(self):