diff --git a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
index 8f4a832986e..1accc95278f 100644
--- a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ compilemessages
 
 .. django-admin:: compilemessages
 
-Compiles .po files created :djadmin:`makemessages` to .mo files for use with
+Compiles .po files created by :djadmin:`makemessages` to .mo files for use with
 the builtin gettext support. See :doc:`/topics/i18n/index`.
 
 Use the :djadminopt:`--locale` option (or its shorter version ``-l``) to