diff --git a/django/conf/locale/it/formats.py b/django/conf/locale/it/formats.py
index ec68fa1063..330ef4e150 100644
--- a/django/conf/locale/it/formats.py
+++ b/django/conf/locale/it/formats.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ TIME_FORMAT = 'H:i:s' # 14:30:59
 DATETIME_FORMAT = 'l d F Y H:i:s' # Mercoledì 25 Ottobre 2006 14:30:59
 YEAR_MONTH_FORMAT = 'F Y' # Ottobre 2006
 MONTH_DAY_FORMAT = 'j/F' # 10/2006
-SHORT_DATE_FORMAT = 'd/M/Y' # 25/12/2009
-SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT = 'd/M/Y H:i:s' # 25/10/2009 14:30:59
+SHORT_DATE_FORMAT = 'd/m/Y' # 25/12/2009
+SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT = 'd/m/Y H:i:s' # 25/10/2009 14:30:59
 FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK = 1 # Lunedì
 
 # The *_INPUT_FORMATS strings use the Python strftime format syntax,