diff --git a/docs/topics/serialization.txt b/docs/topics/serialization.txt
index 225a6b0736..11076c8027 100644
--- a/docs/topics/serialization.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/serialization.txt
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ Be aware that not all Django output can be passed unmodified to :mod:`json`.
 In particular, :ref:`lazy translation objects <lazy-translations>` need a
 `special encoder`_ written for them. Something like this will work::
 
-    import json
     from django.utils.functional import Promise
     from django.utils.encoding import force_text
     from django.core.serializers.json import DjangoJSONEncoder