diff --git a/docs/internals/svn.txt b/docs/internals/svn.txt
index a287408312..372fbd1202 100644
--- a/docs/internals/svn.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/svn.txt
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ will be created there approximately one month after each new Django
 release. For example, shortly after the release of Django 1.0, the
 branch ``django/branches/releases/1.0.X`` was created to receive bug
 fixes, and shortly after the release of Django 1.1 the branch
-``django/branches/releases/1.1.X`` will be created.
+``django/branches/releases/1.1.X`` was created.
 
 Prior to the Django 1.0 release, these branches were maintaind within
 the top-level ``django/branches`` directory, and so the following