diff --git a/docs/generic_views.txt b/docs/generic_views.txt
index 0496a58691..5f7a669652 100644
--- a/docs/generic_views.txt
+++ b/docs/generic_views.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ simple weblog app that drives the blog on djangoproject.com::
        (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\w{1,2})/$',               'archive_day',   info_dict),
        (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/$',                                'archive_month', info_dict),
        (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/$',                                                    'archive_year',  info_dict),
-       (r'^/?$',                                                                  'archive_index', info_dict),
+       (r'^$',                                                                    'archive_index', info_dict),
     )
 
 As you can see, this URLconf defines a few options in ``info_dict``.