diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 95f2d27..ec28eb9 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 * dev setup fix for Django 1.4 contributed by Rohan Jain
 * missing csrf tokens in templates contributed by Richard Wackerbarth (LP: 996658)
+* moderation: fixed typo in success message call
 
 
 1.0 alpha 1 -- "Space Farm"
diff --git a/src/postorius/doc/news.rst b/src/postorius/doc/news.rst
index 7ed3acc..1a1c336 100644
--- a/src/postorius/doc/news.rst
+++ b/src/postorius/doc/news.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 * dev setup fix for Django 1.4 contributed by Rohan Jain
 * missing csrf tokens in templates contributed by Richard Wackerbarth (LP: 996658)
+* moderation: fixed typo in success message call
 
 
 1.0 alpha 1 -- "Space Farm"
diff --git a/src/postorius/views.py b/src/postorius/views.py
index 72e0e2c..911b22b 100644
--- a/src/postorius/views.py
+++ b/src/postorius/views.py
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
     except HTTPError, e:
         messages.error(request,e.msg)
         return redirect('list_held_messages', the_list.fqdn_listname)
-    messages.successful(request, 'The message has been accepted.')
+    messages.success(request, 'The message has been accepted.')
     return redirect('list_held_messages', the_list.fqdn_listname)
 
 @user_passes_test(lambda u: u.is_superuser)
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
     except HTTPError, e:
         messages.error(request,e.msg)
         return redirect('list_held_messages', the_list.fqdn_listname)
-    messages.successful(request, 'The message has been discarded.')
+    messages.success(request, 'The message has been discarded.')
     return redirect('list_held_messages', the_list.fqdn_listname)
 
 @user_passes_test(lambda u: u.is_superuser)
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
     except HTTPError, e:
         messages.error(request,e.msg)
         return redirect('list_held_messages', the_list.fqdn_listname)
-    messages.successful(request, 'The message has been defered.')
+    messages.success(request, 'The message has been defered.')
     return redirect('list_held_messages', the_list.fqdn_listname)
 
 @user_passes_test(lambda u: u.is_superuser)
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
     except HTTPError, e:
         messages.error(request,e.msg)
         return redirect('list_held_messages', the_list.fqdn_listname)
-    messages.successful(request, 'The message has been rejected.')
+    messages.success(request, 'The message has been rejected.')
     return redirect('list_held_messages', the_list.fqdn_listname)
 
 @login_required