diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
index 5b8b3a6abb..4b1dc55b21 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ return a subset of objects for this foreign key field based on the user::
     class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
         def formfield_for_foreignkey(self, db_field, request, **kwargs):
             if db_field.name == "car":
-                kwargs["queryset"] = Car.object.filter(owner=request.user)
+                kwargs["queryset"] = Car.objects.filter(owner=request.user)
                 return db_field.formfield(**kwargs)
             return super(MyModelAdmin, self).formfield_for_foreignkey(db_field, request, **kwargs)