diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/urls.py b/django/contrib/admin/urls.py
index e29140ae03..db0285ff89 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/urls.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
 
+# This file is NO LONGER USED in newforms-admin. See AdminSite.root() and 
+# django.contrib.auth.admin instead.
+
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
     #('^$', 'django.contrib.admin.views.main.index'),
     ('^r/', include('django.conf.urls.shortcut')),
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/admin.py b/django/contrib/auth/admin.py
index 723893ccd1..963600688e 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/admin.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/admin.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class UserAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
             'opts': User._meta,
             'save_as': False,
             'username_help_text': User._meta.get_field('username').help_text,
+            'root_path': self.admin_site.root_path,
         }, context_instance=template.RequestContext(request))
 
 admin.site.register(Group, GroupAdmin)