diff --git a/docs/ref/models/instances.txt b/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
index 7b116587295..5d3005d762b 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ for all other models it is simply the model's class.
 
 For example::
 
-    form django.db import models
+    from django.db import models
 
     class MyModel(models.Model):
         id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)