diff --git a/docs/topics/streamfield.md b/docs/topics/streamfield.md
index 179a57e535..736f1189e5 100644
--- a/docs/topics/streamfield.md
+++ b/docs/topics/streamfield.md
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ body = StreamField([
     ('normal_text', blocks.RichTextBlock()),
     ('pull_quote', blocks.RichTextBlock(search_index=False)),
     ('footnotes', blocks.ListBlock(blocks.CharBlock(), search_index=False)),
-], use_json_field=True)
+])
 ```
 
 ## Custom validation