diff --git a/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt b/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt
index 93cef1c49a..bc066cae21 100644
--- a/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ RedirectView
 
     **Example views.py**::
 
+        from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
         from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
         from django.views.generic.base import RedirectView