diff --git a/docs/writing/structure.rst b/docs/writing/structure.rst
index 31f387ec9..7879d1707 100644
--- a/docs/writing/structure.rst
+++ b/docs/writing/structure.rst
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ following, as they always have:
 
 ::
 
-    $ django-admin.py start-project samplesite
+    $ django-admin.py startproject samplesite
 
 The resulting repository structure looks like this:
 
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ Let's do it properly:
 
 ::
 
-    $ django-admin.py start-project samplesite .
+    $ django-admin.py startproject samplesite .
 
 Note the "``.``".