diff --git a/docs/patterns/sqlite3.rst b/docs/patterns/sqlite3.rst
index 45bcc959..76fec0b2 100644
--- a/docs/patterns/sqlite3.rst
+++ b/docs/patterns/sqlite3.rst
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ dictionaries instead of tuples this can be used::
 
     db.row_factory = make_dicts
 
+Or even simpler::
+
+    db.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
+
 Additionally it is a good idea to provide a query function that combines
 getting the cursor, executing and fetching the results::
     
diff --git a/examples/flaskr/flaskr.py b/examples/flaskr/flaskr.py
index 8526254d..0647fc7b 100644
--- a/examples/flaskr/flaskr.py
+++ b/examples/flaskr/flaskr.py
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ def get_db():
     """
     top = _app_ctx_stack.top
     if not hasattr(top, 'sqlite_db'):
-        top.sqlite_db = sqlite3.connect(app.config['DATABASE'])
+        sqlite_db = sqlite3.connect(app.config['DATABASE'])
+        sqlite_db.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
+        top.sqlite_db = sqlite_db
+
     return top.sqlite_db
 
 
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ def close_db_connection(exception):
 def show_entries():
     db = get_db()
     cur = db.execute('select title, text from entries order by id desc')
-    entries = [dict(title=row[0], text=row[1]) for row in cur.fetchall()]
+    entries = cur.fetchall()
     return render_template('show_entries.html', entries=entries)