diff --git a/django/db/models/manager.py b/django/db/models/manager.py
index af48fea705..7487fa0d46 100644
--- a/django/db/models/manager.py
+++ b/django/db/models/manager.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class Manager(object):
         return self.get_query_set().only(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def exists(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self.get_query_ste().exists(*args, **kwargs)
+        return self.get_query_set().exists(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def _insert(self, values, **kwargs):
         return insert_query(self.model, values, **kwargs)
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/lookup/models.py b/tests/modeltests/lookup/models.py
index 11e2b079f0..94c16ff071 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/lookup/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/lookup/models.py
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ class Article(models.Model):
         return self.headline
 
 __test__ = {'API_TESTS': r"""
+# We can use .exists() to check that there are none yet
+>>> Article.objects.exists()
+False
+
 # Create a couple of Articles.
 >>> from datetime import datetime
 >>> a1 = Article(headline='Article 1', pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 26))
@@ -33,6 +37,10 @@ __test__ = {'API_TESTS': r"""
 >>> a6.save()
 >>> a7 = Article(headline='Article 7', pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 27))
 >>> a7.save()
+
+# There should be some now!
+>>> Article.objects.exists()
+True
 """}
 
 if settings.DATABASE_ENGINE in ('postgresql', 'postgresql_pysycopg2'):