diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/db-api.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/db-api.txt
index 75baf93b5a4..9475431f828 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/db-api.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/db-api.txt
@@ -229,11 +229,11 @@ in southern Texas::
 
 Then distance queries may be performed as follows::
 
-    >>> from django.contrib.gis.geos import fromstr
+    >>> from django.contrib.gis.geos import GEOSGeometry
     >>> from django.contrib.gis.measure import D # ``D`` is a shortcut for ``Distance``
     >>> from geoapp.models import SouthTexasCity
     # Distances will be calculated from this point, which does not have to be projected.
-    >>> pnt = fromstr('POINT(-96.876369 29.905320)', srid=4326)
+    >>> pnt = GEOSGeometry('POINT(-96.876369 29.905320)', srid=4326)
     # If numeric parameter, units of field (meters in this case) are assumed.
     >>> qs = SouthTexasCity.objects.filter(point__distance_lte=(pnt, 7000))
     # Find all Cities within 7 km, > 20 miles away, and > 100 chains away (an obscure unit)
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/geos.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/geos.txt
index 43727a1ed73..e27109cfa2c 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/geos.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/geos.txt
@@ -65,11 +65,10 @@ created by passing in the X and Y coordinates into its constructor::
     >>> from django.contrib.gis.geos import Point
     >>> pnt = Point(5, 23)
 
-Finally, there are :func:`fromstr` and :func:`fromfile` factory methods, which
-return a :class:`GEOSGeometry` object from an input string or a file::
+Finally, there is the :func:`fromfile` factory method which returns a
+:class:`GEOSGeometry` object from a file::
 
-    >>> from django.contrib.gis.geos import fromstr, fromfile
-    >>> pnt = fromstr('POINT(5 23)')
+    >>> from django.contrib.gis.geos import fromfile
     >>> pnt = fromfile('/path/to/pnt.wkt')
     >>> pnt = fromfile(open('/path/to/pnt.wkt'))
 
@@ -824,6 +823,9 @@ Example::
    :type srid: int
    :rtype: a :class:`GEOSGeometry` corresponding to the spatial data in the string
 
+``fromstr(string, srid)`` is equivalent to :class:`GEOSGeometry(string, srid)
+<GEOSGeometry>`.
+
 Example::
 
     >>> from django.contrib.gis.geos import fromstr