diff --git a/docs/cache.txt b/docs/cache.txt
index d13352b025..92b5c1b43d 100644
--- a/docs/cache.txt
+++ b/docs/cache.txt
@@ -176,9 +176,11 @@ just implements the cache interface without doing anything.
 
 This is useful if you have a production site that uses heavy-duty caching in
 various places but a development/test environment on which you don't want to
-cache. In that case, set ``CACHE_BACKEND`` to ``"dummy:///"`` in the settings
-file for your development environment. As a result, your development
-environment won't use caching and your production environment still will.
+cache. As a result, your development environment won't use caching and your
+production environment still will. To activate dummy caching, set
+``CACHE_BACKEND`` like so::
+
+    CACHE_BACKEND = 'dummy:///'
 
 CACHE_BACKEND arguments
 -----------------------