diff --git a/docs/topics/class-based-views/intro.txt b/docs/topics/class-based-views/intro.txt
index a65b8879215..5986ff2ea7d 100644
--- a/docs/topics/class-based-views/intro.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/class-based-views/intro.txt
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ A similar class-based view might look like::
 
     from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
     from django.shortcuts import render
+    from django.views.generic.base import View
 
     from .forms import MyForm