diff --git a/docs/authentication.txt b/docs/authentication.txt
index 091a30a895b..12b61db5389 100644
--- a/docs/authentication.txt
+++ b/docs/authentication.txt
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ Django developers are currently discussing.
 Default permissions
 -------------------
 
-Three basic permissions -- add, create and delete -- are automatically created
+Three basic permissions -- add, change and delete -- are automatically created
 for each Django model that has a ``class Admin`` set. Behind the scenes, these
 permissions are added to the ``auth_permission`` database table when you run
 ``manage.py syncdb``.