diff --git a/docs/releases/1.4.txt b/docs/releases/1.4.txt
index 7ad403cfac..a035f44567 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.4.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.4.txt
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ actual project.
 
 If settings, URLconf, and apps within the project are imported or referenced
 using the project-name prefix (e.g. ``myproject.settings``, ``ROOT_URLCONF =
-``myproject.urls``, etc), the new ``manage.py`` will need to be moved one
+"myproject.urls"``, etc), the new ``manage.py`` will need to be moved one
 directory up, so it is outside the project package rather than adjacent to
 ``settings.py`` and ``urls.py``.