diff --git a/docs/topics/db/managers.txt b/docs/topics/db/managers.txt
index 9e12166a76..73f3bacd00 100644
--- a/docs/topics/db/managers.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/db/managers.txt
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ from_queryset
 
 .. classmethod:: from_queryset(queryset_class)
 
-For advance usage you might want both a custom ``Manager`` and a custom
+For advanced usage you might want both a custom ``Manager`` and a custom
 ``QuerySet``. You can do that by calling ``Manager.from_queryset()`` which
 returns a *subclass* of your base ``Manager`` with a copy of the custom
 ``QuerySet`` methods::