diff --git a/docs/api-guide/views.md b/docs/api-guide/views.md
index 5b072827e..d1e42ec1c 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/views.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/views.md
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ Using the `APIView` class is pretty much the same as using a regular `View` clas
 
 For example:
 
+    from rest_framework.views import APIView
+    from rest_framework.response import Response
+    from rest_framework import authentication, permissions
+
     class ListUsers(APIView):
         """
         View to list all users in the system.