diff --git a/django/db/transaction.py b/django/db/transaction.py
index e392c13b32..412513b475 100644
--- a/django/db/transaction.py
+++ b/django/db/transaction.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class Atomic(ContextDecorator):
     connection. None denotes the absence of a savepoint.
 
     This allows reentrancy even if the same AtomicWrapper is reused. For
-    example, it's possible to define `oa = @atomic('other')` and use `@oa` or
+    example, it's possible to define `oa = atomic('other')` and use `@oa` or
     `with oa:` multiple times.
 
     Since database connections are thread-local, this is thread-safe.