diff --git a/docs/templates_python.txt b/docs/templates_python.txt
index 3d6bfd7040e..a6b565ed5ca 100644
--- a/docs/templates_python.txt
+++ b/docs/templates_python.txt
@@ -829,12 +829,12 @@ Now your tag should begin to look like this::
     def do_format_time(parser, token):
         try:
             # split_contents() knows not to split quoted strings.
-            tag_name, date_to_format, format_string = token.split_contents()
+            tag_name, date_to_be_formatted, format_string = token.split_contents()
         except ValueError:
             raise template.TemplateSyntaxError, "%r tag requires exactly two arguments" % token.contents[0]
         if not (format_string[0] == format_string[-1] and format_string[0] in ('"', "'")):
             raise template.TemplateSyntaxError, "%r tag's argument should be in quotes" % tag_name
-        return FormatTimeNode(date_to_format, format_string[1:-1])
+        return FormatTimeNode(date_to_be_formatted, format_string[1:-1])
 
 You also have to change the renderer to retrieve the actual contents of the
 ``date_updated`` property of the ``blog_entry`` object.  This can be
@@ -846,13 +846,13 @@ current context, available in the ``render`` method::
     from django.template import resolve_variable
     import datetime
     class FormatTimeNode(template.Node):
-        def __init__(self, date_to_format, format_string):
-            self.date_to_format = date_to_format
+        def __init__(self, date_to_be_formatted, format_string):
+            self.date_to_be_formatted = date_to_be_formatted
             self.format_string = format_string
         
         def render(self, context):
             try:
-                actual_date = resolve_variable(self.date_to_format, context)
+                actual_date = resolve_variable(self.date_to_be_formatted, context)
                 return actual_date.strftime(self.format_string)
             except VariableDoesNotExist:
                 return ''