diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index ff0feda2fc..597e39ab99 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ other database types. This example is for PostgreSQL::
 
     DATABASES = {
         'default': {
-            'ENGINE':'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
+            'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
             'NAME': 'mydatabase',
             'USER': 'mydatabaseuser',
             'PASSWORD': 'mypassword',