diff --git a/src/extract.rs b/src/extract.rs
index 6e3e476c1..592f7ab83 100644
--- a/src/extract.rs
+++ b/src/extract.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub trait FromRequest: Sized {
 /// use actix_web::{web, dev, App, Error, HttpRequest, FromRequest};
 /// use actix_web::error::ErrorBadRequest;
 /// use futures_util::future::{ok, err, Ready};
-/// use serde_derive::Deserialize;
+/// use serde::Deserialize;
 /// use rand;
 ///
 /// #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ where
 /// use actix_web::{web, dev, App, Result, Error, HttpRequest, FromRequest};
 /// use actix_web::error::ErrorBadRequest;
 /// use futures_util::future::{ok, err, Ready};
-/// use serde_derive::Deserialize;
+/// use serde::Deserialize;
 /// use rand;
 ///
 /// #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
diff --git a/src/request.rs b/src/request.rs
index bff66f08e..5c5c43d26 100644
--- a/src/request.rs
+++ b/src/request.rs
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ impl Drop for HttpRequest {
 /// # Examples
 /// ```
 /// use actix_web::{web, App, HttpRequest};
-/// use serde_derive::Deserialize;
+/// use serde::Deserialize;
 ///
 /// /// extract `Thing` from request
 /// async fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> String {
diff --git a/src/route.rs b/src/route.rs
index 85e4cc4e7..d85b940bd 100644
--- a/src/route.rs
+++ b/src/route.rs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ impl Route {
     /// # Examples
     /// ```
     /// use actix_web::{web, http, App};
-    /// use serde_derive::Deserialize;
+    /// use serde::Deserialize;
     ///
     /// #[derive(Deserialize)]
     /// struct Info {
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ impl Route {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// # use std::collections::HashMap;
-    /// # use serde_derive::Deserialize;
+    /// # use serde::Deserialize;
     /// use actix_web::{web, App};
     ///
     /// #[derive(Deserialize)]