diff --git a/docs/topics/i18n.txt b/docs/topics/i18n.txt
index 7bf51c11c5..c5f4ab6481 100644
--- a/docs/topics/i18n.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/i18n.txt
@@ -959,11 +959,11 @@ Using the JavaScript translation catalog
To use the catalog, just pull in the dynamically generated script like this::
-
+
-This is how the admin fetches the translation catalog from the server. When the
-catalog is loaded, your JavaScript code can use the standard ``gettext``
-interface to access it::
+This uses reverse URL lookup to find the URL of the JavaScript catalog view.
+When the catalog is loaded, your JavaScript code can use the standard
+``gettext`` interface to access it::
document.write(gettext('this is to be translated'));