diff --git a/docs/howto/deployment/modpython.txt b/docs/howto/deployment/modpython.txt
index 75bdcd51cf..693f942b08 100644
--- a/docs/howto/deployment/modpython.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/deployment/modpython.txt
@@ -296,8 +296,11 @@ server you're using, to serve the admin files.
 The admin files live in (:file:`django/contrib/admin/media/admin`) of the
 Django distribution.
 
-We **strongly** recommend using :mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles` to handle
-the admin files, but here are two other approaches:
+We **strongly** recommend using :mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles` to handle the
+admin files (this means using the :djadmin:`collectstatic` management command
+to collect the static files in :setting:`STATIC_ROOT`, and then configuring
+your webserver to serve :setting:`STATIC_ROOT` at :setting:`STATIC_URL`), but
+here are two other approaches:
 
     1. Create a symbolic link to the admin static files from within your
        document root.
diff --git a/docs/howto/deployment/modwsgi.txt b/docs/howto/deployment/modwsgi.txt
index 99cdbd1f28..fdf9d27d20 100644
--- a/docs/howto/deployment/modwsgi.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/deployment/modwsgi.txt
@@ -130,8 +130,11 @@ server you're using, to serve the admin files.
 The admin files live in (:file:`django/contrib/admin/media/admin`) of the
 Django distribution.
 
-We **strongly** recommend using :mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles` to handle
-the admin files, but here are two other approaches:
+We **strongly** recommend using :mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles` to handle the
+admin files (this means using the :djadmin:`collectstatic` management command
+to collect the static files in :setting:`STATIC_ROOT`, and then configuring
+your webserver to serve :setting:`STATIC_ROOT` at :setting:`STATIC_URL`), but
+here are two other approaches:
 
     1. Create a symbolic link to the admin static files from within your
        document root.