diff --git a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
index d75d10b8f8..e461032bac 100644
--- a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ details on these changes.
 * ``django.db.backends.DatabaseValidation.validate_field`` will be removed in
   favor of the ``check_field`` method.
 
-* The ``check`` management command will be removed.
+* The ``validate`` management command will be removed.
 
 * ``django.utils.module_loading.import_by_path`` will be removed in favor of
   ``django.utils.module_loading.import_string``.