diff --git a/docs/signals.rst b/docs/signals.rst
index 959c53bd..5f0af048 100644
--- a/docs/signals.rst
+++ b/docs/signals.rst
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ The following signals exist in Flask:
         def close_db_connection(sender, **extra):
             session.close()
 
-        from flask import request_tearing_down
+        from flask import appcontext_tearing_down
         appcontext_tearing_down.connect(close_db_connection, app)
 
    This will also be passed an `exc` keyword argument that has a reference