diff --git a/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js b/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js
index ccc78ed029ff..d0530a9907c6 100644
--- a/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js
+++ b/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js
@@ -1810,7 +1810,9 @@ angular.module('ngMockE2E', ['ng']).config(['$provide', function($provide) {
  *
  *     // adds a new phone to the phones array
  *     $httpBackend.whenPOST('/phones').respond(function(method, url, data) {
- *       phones.push(angular.fromJson(data));
+ *       var phone = angular.fromJson(data);
+ *       phones.push(phone);
+ *       return [200, phone, {}];
  *     });
  *     $httpBackend.whenGET(/^\/templates\//).passThrough();
  *     //...