diff --git a/django/bin/make-messages.py b/django/bin/make-messages.py
index 600799858f..5c74faecbb 100755
--- a/django/bin/make-messages.py
+++ b/django/bin/make-messages.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
-from django.utils.translation import templateize
+from django.utils.translation import templatize
 import re
 import os
 import sys
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def make_messages():
                     thefile = file
                     if file.endswith('.html'):
                         src = open(os.path.join(dirpath, file), "rb").read()
-                        open(os.path.join(dirpath, '%s.py' % file), "wb").write(templateize(src))
+                        open(os.path.join(dirpath, '%s.py' % file), "wb").write(templatize(src))
                         thefile = '%s.py' % file
                     if verbose: sys.stdout.write('processing file %s in %s\n' % (file, dirpath))
                     cmd = 'xgettext %s -d %s -L Python --keyword=gettext_noop --keyword=gettext_lazy --keyword=ngettext_lazy -o - "%s"' % (
diff --git a/django/utils/translation.py b/django/utils/translation.py
index dda8c5d7b6..56cd5426f0 100644
--- a/django/utils/translation.py
+++ b/django/utils/translation.py
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ dot_re = re.compile(r'\S')
 def blankout(src, char):
     """
     Changes every non-whitespace character to the given char.
-    Used in the templateize function.
+    Used in the templatize function.
     """
     return dot_re.sub(char, src)
 
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ block_re = re.compile(r"""^\s*blocktrans(?:\s+|$)""")
 endblock_re = re.compile(r"""^\s*endblocktrans$""")
 plural_re = re.compile(r"""^\s*plural$""")
 constant_re = re.compile(r"""_\(((?:".*?")|(?:'.*?'))\)""")
-def templateize(src):
+def templatize(src):
     """
     Turns a Django template into something that is understood by xgettext. It
     does so by translating the Django translation tags into standard gettext