diff --git a/docs/topics/db/multi-db.txt b/docs/topics/db/multi-db.txt
index 8a41153038..a01ce52f38 100644
--- a/docs/topics/db/multi-db.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/db/multi-db.txt
@@ -275,25 +275,25 @@ databases::
     DATABASES = {
         'default': {},
         'auth_db': {
-            'NAME': 'auth_db',
+            'NAME': 'auth_db_name',
             'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
             'USER': 'mysql_user',
             'PASSWORD': 'swordfish',
         },
         'primary': {
-            'NAME': 'primary',
+            'NAME': 'primary_name',
             'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
             'USER': 'mysql_user',
             'PASSWORD': 'spam',
         },
         'replica1': {
-            'NAME': 'replica1',
+            'NAME': 'replica1_name',
             'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
             'USER': 'mysql_user',
             'PASSWORD': 'eggs',
         },
         'replica2': {
-            'NAME': 'replica2',
+            'NAME': 'replica2_name',
             'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
             'USER': 'mysql_user',
             'PASSWORD': 'bacon',