diff --git a/docs/topics/class-based-views.txt b/docs/topics/class-based-views.txt
index 821ded63db..f0e4910c51 100644
--- a/docs/topics/class-based-views.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/class-based-views.txt
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ object, so we simply override it and wrap the call::
         def get_object(self):
             # Call the superclass
             object = super(AuthorDetailView, self).get_object()
-            # Record the lass accessed date
+            # Record the last accessed date
             object.last_accessed = datetime.datetime.now()
             object.save()
             # Return the object