diff --git a/doc/source/distutils.rst b/doc/source/distutils.rst
index 80926548cc..aaa15f7680 100644
--- a/doc/source/distutils.rst
+++ b/doc/source/distutils.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ example will include all .py and .png files in the ``testapp``
 folder::
 
     from distutils.core import setup
-    from setup
+    from setuptools import find_packages
 
     setup(
         name='testapp_setup',