diff --git a/changelog.d/pr392.doc.rst b/changelog.d/pr392.doc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e542cef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/pr392.doc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix the example in the documentation for combining semver and pydantic.
diff --git a/docs/advanced/combine-pydantic-and-semver.rst b/docs/advanced/combine-pydantic-and-semver.rst
index a9249daf..a00c2cff 100644
--- a/docs/advanced/combine-pydantic-and-semver.rst
+++ b/docs/advanced/combine-pydantic-and-semver.rst
@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@ To work with Pydantic, use the following steps:
         from semver import Version
 
         class PydanticVersion(Version):
+            @classmethod
+            def _parse(cls, version):
+                return cls.parse(version)
+
             @classmethod
             def __get_validators__(cls):
                 """Return a list of validator methods for pydantic models."""
-                yield cls.parse
+                yield cls._parse
 
             @classmethod
             def __modify_schema__(cls, field_schema):