diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt
index 968ef0b07b..9e58548376 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ Utilities
     the middleware. Example::
 
         from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
+        from django.http import HttpResponse
 
         @csrf_exempt
         def my_view(request):