diff --git a/docs/ref/models/instances.txt b/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
index 7910d242c0..ff14a0e8fe 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
@@ -508,9 +508,9 @@ of the view name::
 
     from django.db.models import permalink
 
+    @models.permalink
     def get_absolute_url(self):
         return ('people_view', [str(self.id)])
-    get_absolute_url = permalink(get_absolute_url)
 
 More details on named URL patterns are in the :ref:`URL dispatch documentation
 <topics-http-urls>`.