diff --git a/docs/patterns/flashing.rst b/docs/patterns/flashing.rst
index be8fcfe8..f3d80d32 100644
--- a/docs/patterns/flashing.rst
+++ b/docs/patterns/flashing.rst
@@ -129,14 +129,15 @@ render each category in a separate block.
 
 .. sourcecode:: html+jinja
 
-{% with errors = get_flashed_messages(category_filter=["error"]) %}
- {% if errors %}
-   <div class="errors">
-     <ul>
-     {% for message in messages %}
-       <li class="error">{{ message }}</li>
-     {% endfor %}
-     </ul>
-   </div>
- {% endif %}
-{% endwith %}
\ No newline at end of file
+    {% with errors = get_flashed_messages(category_filter=["error"]) %}
+    {% if errors %}
+    <div class="alert-message block-message error">
+      <a class="close" href="#">×</a>
+      <ul>
+        {%- for msg in errors %}
+        <li>{{ msg }}</li>
+        {% endfor -%}
+      </ul>
+    </div>
+    {% endif %}
+    {% endwith %}
diff --git a/flask/helpers.py b/flask/helpers.py
index 56c59199..25250d26 100644
--- a/flask/helpers.py
+++ b/flask/helpers.py
@@ -281,30 +281,7 @@ def get_flashed_messages(with_categories=False, category_filter=[]):
     * `category_filter` filters the messages down to only those matching the
       provided categories.
 
-    Example usage:
-
-    .. sourcecode:: html+jinja
-
-        {% for category, msg in get_flashed_messages(with_categories=true) %}
-          <p class=flash-{{ category }}>{{ msg }}
-        {% endfor %}
-
-    Example usage similar to http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/#alerts:
-
-    .. sourcecode:: html+jinja
-
-        {% with errors = get_flashed_messages(category_filter=["error"]) %}
-        {% if errors %}
-        <div class="alert-message block-message error">
-          <a class="close" href="#">×</a>
-          <ul>
-            {%- for msg in errors %}
-            <li>{{ msg }}</li>
-            {% endfor -%}
-          </ul>
-        </div>
-        {% endif %}
-        {% endwith %}
+    See :ref:`message-flashing-pattern` for examples.
 
     .. versionchanged:: 0.3
        `with_categories` parameter added.