diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 8b4492cc5c..5b7d67d06c 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Christian Metts
     Christian Oudard <christian.oudard@gmail.com>
     Christian Tanzer <tanzer@swing.co.at>
+    Christoffer Sjöbergsson
     Christophe Pettus <xof@thebuild.com>
     Christopher Adams <http://christopheradams.info>
     Christopher Babiak <chrisbabiak@gmail.com>
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/js/urlify.js b/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/js/urlify.js
index c3342b9d59..8a3842c9bc 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/js/urlify.js
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/js/urlify.js
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@
             var r = new RegExp('\\b(' + removeList.join('|') + ')\\b', 'gi');
             s = s.replace(r, '');
         }
+        s = s.toLowerCase(); // convert to lowercase
         // if downcode doesn't hit, the char will be stripped here
         if (allowUnicode) {
             // Keep Unicode letters including both lowercase and uppercase
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@
         s = s.replace(/[-\s]+/g, '-'); // convert spaces to hyphens
         s = s.substring(0, num_chars); // trim to first num_chars chars
         s = s.replace(/-+$/g, ''); // trim any trailing hyphens
-        return s.toLowerCase(); // convert to lowercase
+        return s;
     }
     window.URLify = URLify;
 })();
diff --git a/django/utils/text.py b/django/utils/text.py
index 5e1409116e..110e088ddf 100644
--- a/django/utils/text.py
+++ b/django/utils/text.py
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ def slugify(value, allow_unicode=False):
         value = unicodedata.normalize('NFKC', value)
     else:
         value = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', value).encode('ascii', 'ignore').decode('ascii')
-    value = re.sub(r'[^\w\s-]', '', value).strip().lower()
+    value = re.sub(r'[^\w\s-]', '', value.lower()).strip()
     return re.sub(r'[-\s]+', '-', value)
 
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/utils.txt b/docs/ref/utils.txt
index d8af302c0e..4dafc9cee5 100644
--- a/docs/ref/utils.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/utils.txt
@@ -830,10 +830,10 @@ appropriate entities.
     Converts a string to a URL slug by:
 
     #. Converting to ASCII if ``allow_unicode`` is ``False`` (the default).
+    #. Converting to lowercase.
     #. Removing characters that aren't alphanumerics, underscores, hyphens, or
        whitespace.
     #. Removing leading and trailing whitespace.
-    #. Converting to lowercase.
     #. Replacing any whitespace or repeated dashes with single dashes.
 
     For example::
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/tests.py b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
index 71db79ae2e..4b4b118987 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
@@ -4442,13 +4442,13 @@ class SeleniumTests(AdminSeleniumTestCase):
         # Main form ----------------------------------------------------------
         self.selenium.find_element_by_id('id_pubdate').send_keys('2012-02-18')
         self.select_option('#id_status', 'option two')
-        self.selenium.find_element_by_id('id_name').send_keys(' this is the mAin nÀMë and it\'s awεšomeııı')
+        self.selenium.find_element_by_id('id_name').send_keys(' this is the mAin nÀMë and it\'s awεšomeıııİ')
         slug1 = self.selenium.find_element_by_id('id_slug1').get_attribute('value')
         slug2 = self.selenium.find_element_by_id('id_slug2').get_attribute('value')
         slug3 = self.selenium.find_element_by_id('id_slug3').get_attribute('value')
-        self.assertEqual(slug1, 'main-name-and-its-awesomeiii-2012-02-18')
-        self.assertEqual(slug2, 'option-two-main-name-and-its-awesomeiii')
-        self.assertEqual(slug3, 'this-is-the-main-n\xe0m\xeb-and-its-aw\u03b5\u0161ome\u0131\u0131\u0131')
+        self.assertEqual(slug1, 'main-name-and-its-awesomeiiii-2012-02-18')
+        self.assertEqual(slug2, 'option-two-main-name-and-its-awesomeiiii')
+        self.assertEqual(slug3, 'this-is-the-main-n\xe0m\xeb-and-its-aw\u03b5\u0161ome\u0131\u0131\u0131i')
 
         # Stacked inlines ----------------------------------------------------
         # Initial inline
@@ -4526,11 +4526,12 @@ class SeleniumTests(AdminSeleniumTestCase):
             self.selenium.find_element_by_xpath('//input[@value="Save"]').click()
         self.assertEqual(MainPrepopulated.objects.all().count(), 1)
         MainPrepopulated.objects.get(
-            name=' this is the mAin nÀMë and it\'s awεšomeııı',
+            name=' this is the mAin nÀMë and it\'s awεšomeıııİ',
             pubdate='2012-02-18',
             status='option two',
-            slug1='main-name-and-its-awesomeiii-2012-02-18',
-            slug2='option-two-main-name-and-its-awesomeiii',
+            slug1='main-name-and-its-awesomeiiii-2012-02-18',
+            slug2='option-two-main-name-and-its-awesomeiiii',
+            slug3='this-is-the-main-nàmë-and-its-awεšomeıııi',
         )
         self.assertEqual(RelatedPrepopulated.objects.all().count(), 4)
         RelatedPrepopulated.objects.get(
diff --git a/tests/utils_tests/test_text.py b/tests/utils_tests/test_text.py
index b904c228b9..66dbd5b366 100644
--- a/tests/utils_tests/test_text.py
+++ b/tests/utils_tests/test_text.py
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ class TestUtilsText(SimpleTestCase):
             ('foo ıç bar', 'foo-ıç-bar', True),
             ('    foo ıç bar', 'foo-ıç-bar', True),
             ('你好', '你好', True),
+            ('İstanbul', 'istanbul', True),
         )
         for value, output, is_unicode in items:
             self.assertEqual(text.slugify(value, allow_unicode=is_unicode), output)