diff --git a/docs/model-api.txt b/docs/model-api.txt
index 319789dba9..1125d2810f 100644
--- a/docs/model-api.txt
+++ b/docs/model-api.txt
@@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@ But this template code is good::
     <a href="{{ object.get_absolute_url }}">{{ object.name }}</a>
 
 .. note::
-    The string you return from ``get_absolute_url()`` must be use only ASCII
+    The string you return from ``get_absolute_url()`` must contain only ASCII
     characters (required by the URI spec, `RFC 2396`_) that have been
     URL-encoded, if necessary. Code and templates using ``get_absolute_url()``
     should be able to use the result directly without needing to do any