diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt
index aae1fff8b5..52d7f96f1c 100644
--- a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ and values from an attached model instance. For example::
     >>> article = Article.objects.get(pk=1)
     >>> article.headline
     'My headline'
-    >>> form = ArticleForm(initial={'headline': 'Initial headline'), instance=article)
+    >>> form = ArticleForm(initial={'headline': 'Initial headline'}, instance=article)
     >>> form['headline'].value()
     'Initial headline'