diff --git a/django/core/template/defaulttags.py b/django/core/template/defaulttags.py
index f9197dec92..8d3865660a 100644
--- a/django/core/template/defaulttags.py
+++ b/django/core/template/defaulttags.py
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ def spaceless(parser, token):
             <p>
                 <a href="foo/">Foo</a>
             </p>
-        {% spaceless %}
+        {% endspaceless %}
 
     This example would return this HTML::
 
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ def spaceless(parser, token):
             <strong>
                 Hello
             </strong>
-        {% spaceless %}
+        {% endspaceless %}
     """
     nodelist = parser.parse(('endspaceless',))
     parser.delete_first_token()
diff --git a/docs/templates.txt b/docs/templates.txt
index 3dafb068c3..78e94c5b54 100644
--- a/docs/templates.txt
+++ b/docs/templates.txt
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ Example usage::
         <p>
             <a href="foo/">Foo</a>
         </p>
-    {% spaceless %}
+    {% endspaceless %}
 
 This example would return this HTML::
 
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ this example, the space around ``Hello`` won't be stripped::
         <strong>
             Hello
         </strong>
-    {% spaceless %}
+    {% endspaceless %}
 
 ssi
 ~~~