diff --git a/docs/api-guide/filtering.md b/docs/api-guide/filtering.md
index 14ab9a26e..95d9d5260 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/filtering.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/filtering.md
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ We can override `.get_queryset()` to deal with URLs such as `http://example.com/
             by filtering against a `username` query parameter in the URL.
             """
             queryset = Purchase.objects.all()
-            username = self.request.QUERY_PARAMS.get('username', None):
+            username = self.request.QUERY_PARAMS.get('username', None)
             if username is not None:
                 queryset = queryset.filter(purchaser__username=username)
             return queryset