diff --git a/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt b/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt
index 5b152704d7..5ac02ac5fc 100644
--- a/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt
+++ b/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt
@@ -414,11 +414,11 @@ tell Django where our templates live::
     )
 
 Now copy the template ``admin/base_site.html`` from within the default Django
-admin template directory (``django/contrib/admin/templates``) into an ``admin``
-subdirectory of whichever directory you're using in :setting:`TEMPLATE_DIRS`.
-For example, if your :setting:`TEMPLATE_DIRS` includes
-``"/home/my_username/mytemplates"``, as above, then copy
-``django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base_site.html`` to
+admin template directory in the source code of Django itself
+(``django/contrib/admin/templates``) into an ``admin`` subdirectory of
+whichever directory you're using in :setting:`TEMPLATE_DIRS`. For example, if
+your :setting:`TEMPLATE_DIRS` includes ``"/home/my_username/mytemplates"``, as
+above, then copy ``django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base_site.html`` to
 ``/home/my_username/mytemplates/admin/base_site.html``. Don't forget that
 ``admin`` subdirectory.