diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt
index eceaea81cdc..fb95750db31 100644
--- a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ and values from an attached model instance. For example::
     >>> article.headline
     'My headline'
     >>> form = ArticleForm(initial={'headline': 'Initial headline'), instance=article)
-    >>> form['pub_date'].value()
+    >>> form['headline'].value()
     'Initial headline'
 
 .. _modelforms-factory: