diff --git a/compose/django.md b/compose/django.md
index 0982521aeeb..2f33a16835d 100644
--- a/compose/django.md
+++ b/compose/django.md
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ In this section, you set up the database connection for Django.
 
         DATABASES = {
             'default': {
-                'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
+                'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
                 'NAME': 'postgres',
                 'USER': 'postgres',
                 'HOST': 'db',