diff --git a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
index 41f9bf649d..4c83bf0ad0 100644
--- a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ Determining the version
 
 Run ``django-admin.py version`` to display the current Django version.
 
-Examples of output::
+The output follows the schema described in :pep:`386`::
 
-    0.95
-    0.96
-    0.97-pre-SVN-6069
+    1.4.dev17026
+    1.4a1
+    1.4
 
 Displaying debug output
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