diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
index a390b4b843..e107f41454 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
@@ -925,8 +925,8 @@ define the details of how the relation works.
     <abstract-base-classes>`; and when you do so
     :ref:`some special syntax <abstract-related-name>` is available.
 
-    If you wish to supress the provision of a backwards relation, you may
-    simply provide a ``related_name`` which ends with a '+' character.
+    If you wish to suppress the provision of a backwards relation, you may
+    simply provide a ``related_name`` which ends with a ``'+'`` character.
     For example::
    
         user = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name='+')