diff --git a/docs/ref/request-response.txt b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
index faf8708cd7f..c7f4ddd8ae3 100644
--- a/docs/ref/request-response.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ Methods
 
     .. _HTTPOnly: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/HTTPOnly
 
-.. method:: HttpResponse.set_signed_cookie(key, value='', salt='', max_age=None, expires=None, path='/', domain=None, secure=None, httponly=True)
+.. method:: HttpResponse.set_signed_cookie(key, value, salt='', max_age=None, expires=None, path='/', domain=None, secure=None, httponly=True)
 
     .. versionadded:: 1.4