diff --git a/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt b/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt
index fb508d6d01..b59ad1e696 100644
--- a/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt
@@ -1257,10 +1257,9 @@ To create or update a message file, run this command::
 
     django-admin makemessages -l de
 
-...where ``de`` is the language code for the message file you want to create.
-The language code, in this case, is in :term:`locale format<locale name>`. For
-example, it's ``pt_BR`` for Brazilian Portuguese and ``de_AT`` for Austrian
-German.
+...where ``de`` is the :term:`locale name` for the message file you want to
+create. For example, ``pt_BR`` for Brazilian Portuguese, ``de_AT`` for Austrian
+German or ``id`` for Indonesian.
 
 The script should be run from one of two places: