diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/sites.py b/django/contrib/admin/sites.py
index 45de459631..c763b1dc17 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/sites.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/sites.py
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ class AdminSite(object):
     """
     An AdminSite object encapsulates an instance of the Django admin application, ready
     to be hooked in to your URLconf. Models are registered with the AdminSite using the
-    register() method, and the root() method can then be used as a Django view function
-    that presents a full admin interface for the collection of registered models.
+    register() method, and the get_urls() method can then be used to access Django view
+    functions that present a full admin interface for the collection of registered
+    models.
     """
 
     index_template = None