diff --git a/docs/ref/schema-editor.txt b/docs/ref/schema-editor.txt
index 0b9e0c19cd..719e69826f 100644
--- a/docs/ref/schema-editor.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/schema-editor.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Methods
 ``execute()``
 -------------
 
-.. method:: BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor.execute(sql, params=[])
+.. method:: BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor.execute(sql, params=())
 
 Executes the SQL statement passed in, with parameters if supplied. This
 is a wrapper around the normal database cursors that allows capture of the SQL