diff --git a/docs/topics/http/middleware.txt b/docs/topics/http/middleware.txt
index 43d8afaa20c..215a4ec12c9 100644
--- a/docs/topics/http/middleware.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/http/middleware.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ created by :djadmin:`django-admin.py startproject <startproject>`::
         'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
         'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
         'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-        'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware,
+        'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     )
 
 During the request phases (:meth:`process_request` and :meth:`process_view`