diff --git a/docs/advanced.rst b/docs/advanced.rst
index 577bc04c..9c07e4f0 100644
--- a/docs/advanced.rst
+++ b/docs/advanced.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ present:
 
     #include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
 
-    namespace py = pybind11
+    namespace py = pybind11;
 
 Operator overloading
 ====================
diff --git a/docs/basics.rst b/docs/basics.rst
index b55d402d..3d281d64 100644
--- a/docs/basics.rst
+++ b/docs/basics.rst
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ a file named :file:`example.cpp` with the following contents:
         return i + j;
     }
 
-    namespace py = pybind11
+    namespace py = pybind11;
 
     PYBIND_PLUGIN(example) {
         py::module m("example", "pybind11 example plugin");
diff --git a/docs/classes.rst b/docs/classes.rst
index 5ef042cc..a7c75d83 100644
--- a/docs/classes.rst
+++ b/docs/classes.rst
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The binding code for ``Pet`` looks as follows:
 
     #include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
 
-    namespace py = pybind11
+    namespace py = pybind11;
 
     PYBIND_PLUGIN(example) {
         py::module m("example", "pybind11 example plugin");