diff --git a/docs/howto/overriding-templates.txt b/docs/howto/overriding-templates.txt
index eeba350478..7faf972a3b 100644
--- a/docs/howto/overriding-templates.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/overriding-templates.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ called ``blog``, which provides the templates ``blog/post.html`` and
 
     from pathlib import Path
 
-    BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve(strict=True).parents[1]
+    BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve(strict=True).parent.parent
 
     INSTALLED_APPS = [
         ...,