diff --git a/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md b/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md
index d7d6bafba..710dfb8e7 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md
@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ We'll need to add our new `snippets` app and the `rest_framework` app to `INSTAL
     INSTALLED_APPS = (
         ...
         'rest_framework',
-        'snippets',
+        'snippets.apps.SnippetsConfig',
     )
 
+Please note that if you're using Django <1.9, you need to replace `snippets.apps.SnippetsConfig` with `snippets`.
+
 Okay, we're ready to roll.
 
 ## Creating a model to work with