diff --git a/docs/model-api.txt b/docs/model-api.txt
index 554291396c..4ed4ede97a 100644
--- a/docs/model-api.txt
+++ b/docs/model-api.txt
@@ -1372,10 +1372,9 @@ link. Fieldsets with the ``wide`` style will be given extra horizontal space.
 ``description``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-A string of optional extra text to be displayed at the top of each
-fieldset, under the heading of the fieldset. If you want this to
-include HTML, use ``django.utils.safestring.mark_safe`` so the HTML
-will not be escaped.
+A string of optional extra text to be displayed at the top of each fieldset,
+under the heading of the fieldset. It's used verbatim, so you can use any HTML
+and you must escape any special HTML characters (such as ampersands) yourself.
 
 ``js``
 ------