diff --git a/docs/api-guide/throttling.md b/docs/api-guide/throttling.md
index b7c320f01..92f4c22bb 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/throttling.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/throttling.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ using the `APIView` class based views.
 
 Or, if you're using the `@api_view` decorator with function based views.
 
-    @api_view('GET')
+    @api_view(['GET'])
     @throttle_classes([UserRateThrottle])
     def example_view(request, format=None):
         content = {