diff --git a/docs/topics/auth/default.txt b/docs/topics/auth/default.txt
index b1b049dd18..9f804de464 100644
--- a/docs/topics/auth/default.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/auth/default.txt
@@ -718,8 +718,8 @@ The ``permission_required`` decorator
 
         from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required, permission_required
 
-        @permission_required('polls.can_vote', raise_exception=True)
         @login_required
+        @permission_required('polls.can_vote', raise_exception=True)
         def my_view(request):
             ...