diff --git a/rest_framework/views.py b/rest_framework/views.py
index 4c30029fd..411c1ee38 100644
--- a/rest_framework/views.py
+++ b/rest_framework/views.py
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ class APIView(View):
         """
         # Make the error obvious if a proper response is not returned
         assert isinstance(response, HttpResponseBase), (
-            'Expected a `Response`, `HttpResponse` or `HttpStreamingResponse` '
+            'Expected a `Response`, `HttpResponse` or `StreamingHttpResponse` '
             'to be returned from the view, but received a `%s`'
             % type(response)
         )