diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index 8cbc9ccc8f..daedc87d21 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ SQLite. This can be configured using the following::
 
     DATABASES = {
         'default': {
-            'BACKEND': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+            'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
             'NAME': 'mydatabase'
         }
     }