diff --git a/docs/generic_views.txt b/docs/generic_views.txt
index 79b926e2cc..8a970a8e76 100644
--- a/docs/generic_views.txt
+++ b/docs/generic_views.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ drives the blog on djangoproject.com::
     }
 
     urlpatterns = patterns('django.views.generic.date_based',
-       (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\w{1,2})/(?P<slug>\w+)/$', 'object_detail', dict(info_dict, slug_field='slug')),
+       (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\w{1,2})/(?P<slug>[-\w]+)/$', 'object_detail', dict(info_dict, slug_field='slug')),
        (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\w{1,2})/$',               'archive_day',   info_dict),
        (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/$',                                'archive_month', info_dict),
        (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/$',                                                    'archive_year',  info_dict),