diff --git a/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt b/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt
index f5aa47d7d4..c6f76772de 100644
--- a/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ for example::
 
     class FormatTimeNode(template.Node):
         def __init__(self, date_to_be_formatted, format_string):
-            self.date_to_be_formatted = Variable(date_to_be_formatted)
+            self.date_to_be_formatted = template.Variable(date_to_be_formatted)
             self.format_string = format_string
 
         def render(self, context):