diff --git a/docs/ref/filters.txt b/docs/ref/filters.txt
index d5c8711b..f91fd932 100644
--- a/docs/ref/filters.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/filters.txt
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ To use a custom field name for the lookup, you can use ``to_field_name``::
 
     class FooFilter(BaseFilterSet):
         foo = django_filters.filters.ModelMultipleChoiceFilter(
-            field_name='attr__uuid',
+            field_name='attr',
             to_field_name='uuid',
             queryset=Foo.objects.all(),
         )