diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/sites.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/sites.txt
index 3e330a0f70..d0281cbe96 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/sites.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/sites.txt
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ the ``domain`` and ``name`` by looking at the request's domain. It has
 Finally, to avoid repetitive fallback code, the framework provides a
 :func:`django.contrib.sites.shortcuts.get_current_site` function.
 
-.. function:: shortcuts.get_current_site
+.. function:: shortcuts.get_current_site(request)
 
     A function that checks if ``django.contrib.sites`` is installed and
     returns either the current :class:`~django.contrib.sites.models.Site`