diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
index a287aeecca..3c94150651 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
@@ -606,6 +606,8 @@ subclass::
       attributes to and override the ``lookups`` and ``queryset`` methods,
       e.g.::
 
+           from datetime import date
+
            from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
            from django.contrib.admin import SimpleListFilter
 
@@ -639,11 +641,11 @@ subclass::
                    # Compare the requested value (either '80s' or 'other')
                    # to decide how to filter the queryset.
                    if self.value() == '80s':
-                       return queryset.filter(birthday__year__gte=1980,
-                                               birthday__year__lte=1989)
+                       return queryset.filter(birthday__gte=date(1980, 1, 1),
+                                               birthday__lte=date(1989, 12, 31))
                    if self.value() == '90s':
-                       return queryset.filter(birthday__year__gte=1990,
-                                              birthday__year__lte=1999)
+                       return queryset.filter(birthday__gte=date(1990, 1, 1),
+                                               birthday__lte=date(1999, 12, 31))
 
            class PersonAdmin(ModelAdmin):
                list_filter = (DecadeBornListFilter,)
@@ -677,11 +679,11 @@ subclass::
                       anyone born in the corresponding decades.
                       """
                       qs = model_admin.queryset(request)
-                      if qs.filter(birthday__year__gte=1980,
-                                    birthday__year__lte=1989).exists():
+                      if qs.filter(birthday__gte=date(1980, 1, 1),
+                                    birthday__lte=date(1989, 12, 31)).exists():
                           yield ('80s', _('in the eighties'))
-                      if qs.filter(birthday__year__gte=1990,
-                                    birthday__year__lte=1999).exists():
+                      if qs.filter(birthday__gte=date(1990, 1, 1),
+                                    birthday__lte=date(1999, 12, 31)).exists():
                           yield ('90s', _('in the nineties'))
 
     * a tuple, where the first element is a field name and the second