diff --git a/docs/topics/auth/default.txt b/docs/topics/auth/default.txt
index 146cf8773d..1a6089213c 100644
--- a/docs/topics/auth/default.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/auth/default.txt
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ redirects to the login page::
             return redirect('/login/?next=%s' % request.path)
         # ...
 
-.. function:: user_passes_test(func, login_url=None, redirect_field_name='next')
+.. function:: user_passes_test(test_func, login_url=None, redirect_field_name='next')
 
     As a shortcut, you can use the convenient ``user_passes_test`` decorator
     which performs a redirect when the callable returns ``False``::