diff --git a/docs/db-api.txt b/docs/db-api.txt
index 1109df72c9..7427f36374 100644
--- a/docs/db-api.txt
+++ b/docs/db-api.txt
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ following models::
         # ...
         hometown = models.ForeignKey(City)
 
-    class Book(meta.Model):
+    class Book(models.Model):
         # ...
         author = models.ForeignKey(Person)
 
diff --git a/docs/forms.txt b/docs/forms.txt
index 2f8a3106fc..5026bc1bab 100644
--- a/docs/forms.txt
+++ b/docs/forms.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ We'll take a top-down approach to examining Django's form validation framework,
 because much of the time you won't need to use the lower-level APIs. Throughout
 this document, we'll be working with the following model, a "place" object::
 
+    from django.db import models
+
     PLACE_TYPES = (
         (1, 'Bar'),
         (2, 'Restaurant'),
@@ -22,13 +24,13 @@ this document, we'll be working with the following model, a "place" object::
         (4, 'Secret Hideout'),
     )
 
-    class Place(meta.Model):
-        name = meta.CharField(maxlength=100)
-        address = meta.CharField(maxlength=100, blank=True)
-        city = meta.CharField(maxlength=50, blank=True)
-        state = meta.USStateField()
-        zip_code = meta.CharField(maxlength=5, blank=True)
-        place_type = meta.IntegerField(choices=PLACE_TYPES)
+    class Place(models.Model):
+        name = models.CharField(maxlength=100)
+        address = models.CharField(maxlength=100, blank=True)
+        city = models.CharField(maxlength=50, blank=True)
+        state = models.USStateField()
+        zip_code = models.CharField(maxlength=5, blank=True)
+        place_type = models.IntegerField(choices=PLACE_TYPES)
 
         class Admin:
             pass
diff --git a/docs/i18n.txt b/docs/i18n.txt
index cd24ba0f93..1220ea95b3 100644
--- a/docs/i18n.txt
+++ b/docs/i18n.txt
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ For example, to translate a model's ``help_text``, do the following::
 
     from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy
 
-    class MyThing(meta.Model):
-        name = meta.CharField(help_text=gettext_lazy('This is the help text'))
+    class MyThing(models.Model):
+        name = models.CharField(help_text=gettext_lazy('This is the help text'))
 
 In this example, ``gettext_lazy()`` stores a lazy reference to the string --
 not the actual translation. The translation itself will be done when the string
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ If you don't like the verbose name ``gettext_lazy``, you can just alias it as
 
     from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
-    class MyThing(meta.Model):
-        name = meta.CharField(help_text=_('This is the help text'))
+    class MyThing(models.Model):
+        name = models.CharField(help_text=_('This is the help text'))
 
 Always use lazy translations in `Django models`_. And it's a good idea to add
 translations for the field names and table names, too. This means writing
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ class, though::
 
     from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
-    class MyThing(meta.Model):
-        name = meta.CharField(_('name'), help_text=_('This is the help text'))
+    class MyThing(models.Model):
+        name = models.CharField(_('name'), help_text=_('This is the help text'))
         class Meta:
             verbose_name = _('my thing')
             verbose_name_plural = _('mythings')