diff --git a/docs/settings.txt b/docs/settings.txt
index 444da0b867..06c8f93ec7 100644
--- a/docs/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/settings.txt
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ isn't manually specified. Used with ``DEFAULT_CHARSET`` to construct the
 DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE
 --------------------
 
-Default: ``'django.core.filestorage.filesystem.FileSystemStorage'``
+Default: ``django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage``
 
 Default file storage class to be used for any file-related operations that don't
 specify a particular storage system. See the `file documentation`_ for details.