diff --git a/docs/api-guide/throttling.md b/docs/api-guide/throttling.md
index 36753aafc..4eef4fd5d 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/throttling.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/throttling.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ The default throttling policy may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_THROTTLE_C
 The rate descriptions used in `DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES` may include `second`, `minute`, `hour` or `day` as the throttle period.
 
 You can also set the throttling policy on a per-view or per-viewset basis,
-using the `APIView` class based views.
+using the `APIView` class-based views.
 
 	from rest_framework.response import Response
     from rest_framework.throttling import UserRateThrottle