diff --git a/docs/overview.txt b/docs/overview.txt
index d21ce88081..a7e0f1c14c 100644
--- a/docs/overview.txt
+++ b/docs/overview.txt
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@ Reporter/Article example, here's what that might look like::
     from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
 
     urlpatterns = patterns('',
-        (r'^/articles/(?P\d<year>{4})/$', 'myproject.news.views.articles.year_archive'),
-        (r'^/articles/(?P\d<year>{4})/(?P\d<month>{2})/$', 'myproject.news.views.articles.month_archive'),
-        (r'^/articles/(?P\d<year>{4})/(?P\d<month>{2})/$', 'myproject.news.views.articles.month_archive'),
-        (r'^/articles/(?P\d<year>{4})/(?P\d<month>{2})/(?P<day>\d+)/$', 'myproject.news.views.articles.article_detail'),
+        (r'^/articles/(?P<year>\d{4})/$', 'myproject.news.views.articles.year_archive'),
+        (r'^/articles/(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>\d{2})/$', 'myproject.news.views.articles.month_archive'),
+        (r'^/articles/(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>\d{2})/$', 'myproject.news.views.articles.month_archive'),
+        (r'^/articles/(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>\d{2})/(?P<day>\d+)/$', 'myproject.news.views.articles.article_detail'),
     )
 
 The code above maps URLs, as regular expressions, to the location of Python