diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py b/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
index 548f8b9687..282038e205 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ def quote(s):
     """
     Ensure that primary key values do not confuse the admin URLs by escaping
     any '/', '_' and ':' characters. Similar to urllib.quote, except that the
-    quoting is slightly different so that it doesn't get autoamtically
-    unquoted by the web browser.
+    quoting is slightly different so that it doesn't get automatically
+    unquoted by the Web browser.
     """
     if type(s) != type(''):
         return s