diff --git a/docs/ref/models/instances.txt b/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
index 7e6cdeb5c7..dd14dd1ce7 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ of to a specific field. You can access these errors with ``NON_FIELD_ERRORS``::
 
     from django.core.validators import ValidationError, NON_FIELD_ERRORS
     try:
-        article.full_clean():
+        article.full_clean()
     except ValidationError, e:
         non_field_errors = e.message_dict[NON_FIELD_ERRORS]