diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt b/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt
index 7ca173d14b..a9fd3dbc01 100644
--- a/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ number of forms it generates from the initial data. Lets take a look at an
 example::
 
     >>> ArticleFormSet = formset_factory(ArticleForm, extra=2)
-    >>> formset = ArticleFormSet(initial=[
-    ...     {'title': u'Django is now open source',
-    ...      'pub_date': datetime.date.today()},
-    ... ])
+    >>> formset = ArticleFormSet(initial={
+    ...      'title': u'Django is now open source',
+    ...      'pub_date': datetime.date.today(),
+    ... })
 
     >>> for form in formset:
     ...     print form.as_table()