diff --git a/docs/ref/urls.txt b/docs/ref/urls.txt
index 3ab04cbd63..78e2e28980 100644
--- a/docs/ref/urls.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/urls.txt
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ A callable, or a string representing the full Python import path to the view
 that should be called if the HTTP client has sent a request that caused an error
 condition and a response with a status code of 400.
 
-By default, this is ``'django.views.defaults.permission_denied'``. That default
+By default, this is ``'django.views.defaults.bad_request'``. That default
 value should suffice.
 
 See the documentation about :ref:`the 400 (bad request) view