diff --git a/changelog.d/20379.doc b/changelog.d/20379.doc
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix `complete` task status typo in `/redact_status` admin API docs.
diff --git a/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.md b/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.md
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--- a/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.md
+++ b/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.md
@@ -1601,7 +1601,7 @@ The following parameters should be set in the URL:
 
 The following fields are returned in the JSON response body:
 
-- `status` - string - one of scheduled/active/completed/failed, indicating the status of the redaction job
+- `status` - string - one of `scheduled`/`active`/`complete`/`failed`, indicating the status of the redaction job
 - `failed_redactions` - dictionary - the keys of the dict are event ids the process was unable to redact, if any, and the values are 
   the corresponding error that caused the redaction to fail