diff --git a/docs/api-guide/permissions.md b/docs/api-guide/permissions.md
index 52bbb4746..3ad982d53 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/permissions.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/permissions.md
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Or, if you're using the `@api_view` decorator with function based views.
 
 __Note:__ when you set new permission classes through class attribute or decorators you're telling the view to ignore the default list set over the __settings.py__ file.
 
-Provided they inherit from `rest_framework.permissions.BasePermission`, permissions can be composed using standard Python bitwise operators. For example, `IsAdminOrReadOnly` could be written:
+Provided they inherit from `rest_framework.permissions.BasePermission`, permissions can be composed using standard Python bitwise operators. For example, `IsAuthenticatedOrReadOnly` could be written:
 
     from rest_framework.permissions import BasePermission, IsAuthenticated
     from rest_framework.response import Response