diff --git a/docs/intro/contributing.txt b/docs/intro/contributing.txt
index 2996ca29ad6..b19a36e4ba8 100644
--- a/docs/intro/contributing.txt
+++ b/docs/intro/contributing.txt
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ Writing a test for ticket #99999
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 In order to resolve this ticket, we'll add a ``make_toast()`` function to the
-top-level ``django`` module. First we are going to write a test that tries to
+``django.shortcuts`` module. First we are going to write a test that tries to
 use the function and check that its output looks correct.
 
 Navigate to Django's ``tests/shortcuts/`` folder and create a new file