diff --git a/reference/forms/types/collection.rst b/reference/forms/types/collection.rst
index a6cd05fc4c3..9dc6dbf9f6a 100644
--- a/reference/forms/types/collection.rst
+++ b/reference/forms/types/collection.rst
@@ -371,8 +371,8 @@ type
 This is the field type for each item in this collection (e.g. ``text``,
 ``choice``, etc). For example, if you have an array of email addresses,
 you'd use the :doc:`email </reference/forms/types/email>` type. If you want
-to embed a collection of some other form, create a new instance of your
-form type and pass it as this option.
+to embed a collection of some other form, pass the form type class as this
+option (e.g. ``MyFormType::class``)
 
 Inherited Options
 -----------------