diff --git a/easy_thumbnails/templatetags/thumbnail.py b/easy_thumbnails/templatetags/thumbnail.py
index 6766d3db..5d247169 100644
--- a/easy_thumbnails/templatetags/thumbnail.py
+++ b/easy_thumbnails/templatetags/thumbnail.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def thumbnail(parser, token):
     use the variable like a standard ``ImageFieldFile`` object::
 
         {% thumbnail obj.picture 200x200 upscale as thumb %}
-        <img href="{{ thumb.url }}"
+        <img src="{{ thumb.url }}"
              width="{{ thumb.width }}"
              height="{{ thumb.height }}" />