diff --git a/docs/howto/deployment/wsgi/index.txt b/docs/howto/deployment/wsgi/index.txt
index c666aafac0b2f..ecb302cee3192 100644
--- a/docs/howto/deployment/wsgi/index.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/deployment/wsgi/index.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Initially this file contains::
 
     # This application object is used by the development server
     # as well as any WSGI server configured to use this file.
-    from django.core.handlers.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+    from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
     application = get_wsgi_application()
 
 The ``os.environ.setdefault`` line just sets the default settings module to