diff --git a/docs/howto/custom-management-commands.txt b/docs/howto/custom-management-commands.txt
index e0e0bedd53..ba8765b253 100644
--- a/docs/howto/custom-management-commands.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/custom-management-commands.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ look like this:
 .. code-block:: python
 
     from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
-    from example.polls.models import Poll
+    from polls.models import Poll
 
     class Command(BaseCommand):
         args = '<poll_id poll_id ...>'