diff --git a/docs/api-guide/fields.md b/docs/api-guide/fields.md
index cebfaac92..813fc381d 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/fields.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/fields.md
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ As an example, let's create a field that can be used represent the class name of
             """
             Serialize the object's class name.
             """
-            return obj.__class__
+            return obj.__class__.__name__
 
 # Third party packages
 
@@ -369,4 +369,4 @@ The [drf-extra-fields][drf-extra-fields] package provides extra serializer field
 [strftime]: http://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior
 [iso8601]: http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime
 [drf-compound-fields]: http://drf-compound-fields.readthedocs.org
-[drf-extra-fields]: https://github.com/Hipo/drf-extra-fields
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+[drf-extra-fields]: https://github.com/Hipo/drf-extra-fields