diff --git a/docs/templates_python.txt b/docs/templates_python.txt
index 821f40fd8d..117656762f 100644
--- a/docs/templates_python.txt
+++ b/docs/templates_python.txt
@@ -674,9 +674,9 @@ If you are writing a template filter which only expects a string as the first
 argument, you should use the included decorator ``stringfilter`` which will convert
 an object to it's string value before being passed to your function::
 
-    from django import template
+    from django.template.defaultfilters import stringfilter
 
-    @template.stringfilter
+    @stringfilter
     def lower(value):
         return value.lower()