diff --git a/mailer.rst b/mailer.rst
index 229964ce30e..b7d82050c52 100644
--- a/mailer.rst
+++ b/mailer.rst
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Transport Setup
 ---------------
 
 Emails are delivered via a "transport". Out of the box, you can deliver emails
-over SMTP by configuring the DNS in your ``.env`` file (the ``user``,
+over SMTP by configuring the DSN in your ``.env`` file (the ``user``,
 ``pass`` and ``port`` parameters are optional):
 
 .. code-block:: env
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ transport, but you can force to use one:
     # force to use SMTP instead of HTTP (which is the default)
     MAILER_DSN=sendgrid+smtp://$SENDGRID_KEY@default
 
-This table shows the full list of available DNS formats for each third
+This table shows the full list of available DSN formats for each third
 party provider:
 
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