diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index 44835c3b..55eb1996 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ rather than from vanilla DRF. For example,
 ```python
 from rest_framework_json_api import serializers
 
-class MyModelSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializers):
+class MyModelSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     # ...
 ```