diff --git a/docs/topics/http/urls.txt b/docs/topics/http/urls.txt
index f6a83bffa7..59b3b698f1 100644
--- a/docs/topics/http/urls.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/http/urls.txt
@@ -816,7 +816,9 @@ For example::
         url(r'^(?P<pk>\d+)/$', views.DetailView.as_view(), name='detail'),
     ], 'polls')
 
-    url(r'^polls/', include(polls_patterns)),
+    urlpatterns = [
+        url(r'^polls/', include(polls_patterns)),
+    ]
 
 This will include the nominated URL patterns into the given application
 namespace.