diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/widgets.py b/django/contrib/admin/widgets.py
index e3553de70a..d110ee46ba 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/widgets.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/widgets.py
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ class AdminURLFieldWidget(forms.URLInput):
         return html
 
 
-class AdminIntegerFieldWidget(forms.TextInput):
+class AdminIntegerFieldWidget(forms.NumberInput):
     class_name = 'vIntegerField'
 
     def __init__(self, attrs=None):
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.11.txt b/docs/releases/1.11.txt
index 221f58f291..afd24e6613 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.11.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.11.txt
@@ -488,6 +488,9 @@ Miscellaneous
   ``migrate`` command. Use the new :djadmin:`remove_stale_contenttypes` command
   instead.
 
+* The admin's widget for ``IntegerField`` uses ``type="number"`` rather than
+  ``type="text"``.
+
 .. _deprecated-features-1.11:
 
 Features deprecated in 1.11
diff --git a/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py b/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py
index 95e38e8bb7..03c9a05dbe 100644
--- a/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py
@@ -366,13 +366,13 @@ class TestInline(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
         self.assertContains(
             response,
             '<input class="vIntegerField" id="id_editablepkbook_set-0-manual_pk" '
-            'name="editablepkbook_set-0-manual_pk" type="text" />',
+            'name="editablepkbook_set-0-manual_pk" type="number" />',
             html=True, count=1
         )
         self.assertContains(
             response,
             '<input class="vIntegerField" id="id_editablepkbook_set-2-0-manual_pk" '
-            'name="editablepkbook_set-2-0-manual_pk" type="text" />',
+            'name="editablepkbook_set-2-0-manual_pk" type="number" />',
             html=True, count=1
         )