diff --git a/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt b/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt
index e717a89b1fb..954aee7c3df 100644
--- a/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ View
 
         Returns a callable view that takes a request and returns a response::
 
-            response = MyView.as_view(request)
+            response = MyView.as_view()(request)
 
     .. method:: dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)