diff --git a/docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt b/docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt
index 1aca4ce287..8448e4a8ad 100644
--- a/docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ This example is equivalent to::
 ``redirect()``
 ==============
 
-.. function:: redirect(to, permanent=False, *args, **kwargs)
+.. function:: redirect(to, *args, permanent=False, **kwargs)
 
    Returns an :class:`~django.http.HttpResponseRedirect` to the appropriate URL
    for the arguments passed.