diff --git a/pep-0636.rst b/pep-0636.rst
index 880074232f1..60fd0bd3e69 100644
--- a/pep-0636.rst
+++ b/pep-0636.rst
@@ -509,6 +509,9 @@ If you are using classes to structure your data
 you can use the class name followed by an argument list resembling a
 constructor, but with the ability to capture attributes into variables::
 
+    from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+    @dataclass
     class Point:
         x: int
         y: int