diff --git a/docs/model-api.txt b/docs/model-api.txt
index e66e96de68..26686b02fe 100644
--- a/docs/model-api.txt
+++ b/docs/model-api.txt
@@ -1216,8 +1216,9 @@ screen via ``<script src="">`` tags. This can be used to tweak a given type of
 admin page in JavaScript or to provide "quick links" to fill in default values
 for certain fields.
 
-If relative URLs are used, Django admin will automatically prepend these links
-with ``settings.ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX``.
+If you use relative URLs -- URLs that don't start with ``http://`` or ``/`` --
+then the admin site will automatically prefix these links with
+``settings.ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX``.
 
 ``list_display``
 ----------------