diff --git a/docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt b/docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt
index 0db1276a4bd..1e10278b046 100644
--- a/docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ This example is equivalent to::
 
     def my_view(request):
         # View code here...
-        t = loader.get_template('myapp/template.html')
+        t = loader.get_template('myapp/index.html')
         c = Context({'foo': 'bar'})
         return HttpResponse(t.render(c),
             content_type="application/xhtml+xml")