diff --git a/docs/user/advanced.rst b/docs/user/advanced.rst
index 75ba81c6..a39128ec 100644
--- a/docs/user/advanced.rst
+++ b/docs/user/advanced.rst
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ Alternatively you can configure it once for an entire
       'http': 'http://10.10.1.10:3128',
       'https': 'http://10.10.1.10:1080',
     }
-    session = request.Session()
+    session = requests.Session()
     session.proxies.update(proxies)
 
     session.get('http://example.org')