diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
index 5b453a0cba..c65ddc5542 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ For example::
 
     {{ value|default_if_none:"nothing" }}
 
-If ``value`` is ``None``, the output will be the string ``"nothing"``.
+If ``value`` is ``None``, the output will be ``nothing``.
 
 .. templatefilter:: dictsort