diff --git a/doc/_static/Makefile b/doc/_static/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39ce65260
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/_static/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+translation.png: translation.puml
+	plantuml $<
+clean:
+	rm translation.png
diff --git a/doc/_static/translation.png b/doc/_static/translation.png
index 11f3d02cd..a47c19f8d 100644
Binary files a/doc/_static/translation.png and b/doc/_static/translation.png differ
diff --git a/doc/_static/translation.puml b/doc/_static/translation.puml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c3a7350b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/_static/translation.puml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+@startuml
+file "SphinxProject"
+file ".rst"
+database ".pot"
+database ".po"
+database ".mo"
+actor translator
+file TranslatedBuild
+translator -l-> .po
+SphinxProject -r-> .rst
+.rst -r-> .pot : sphinx-build gettext
+.pot -r-> .po : Pootle
+.po -d-> .mo : msgfmt
+.mo -l-> TranslatedBuild
+.rst -d-> TranslatedBuild : "sphinx-buid -Dlanguage="
+@enduml
diff --git a/doc/usage/advanced/intl.rst b/doc/usage/advanced/intl.rst
index 0174078eb..0dd89b65f 100644
--- a/doc/usage/advanced/intl.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/advanced/intl.rst
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ in itself.  See the :ref:`intl-options` for details on configuration.
 .. figure:: /_static/translation.png
    :width: 100%
 
-   Workflow visualization of translations in Sphinx.  (The stick-figure is taken
-   from an `XKCD comic <https://xkcd.com/779/>`_.)
+   Workflow visualization of translations in Sphinx.  (The figure is created by
+   `plantuml <http://plantuml.com>`_.)
 
 .. contents::
    :local: