diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
index d6dd7b254f..5ff8563dd1 100644
--- a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ your test suite.
     point of the redirect chain.
 
     If ``fetch_redirect_response`` is ``False``, the final page won't be
-    loaded. Since the test client can't fetch externals URLs, this is
+    loaded. Since the test client can't fetch external URLs, this is
     particularly useful if ``expected_url`` isn't part of your Django app.
 
     Scheme is handled correctly when making comparisons between two URLs. If