diff --git a/docs/generic_views.txt b/docs/generic_views.txt
index 3131fe7fe2..a136c72a07 100644
--- a/docs/generic_views.txt
+++ b/docs/generic_views.txt
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ A page representing a list of objects.
     * ``paginate_by``: An integer specifying how many objects should be
       displayed per page. If this is given, the view will paginate objects with
       ``paginate_by`` objects per page. The view will expect either a ``page``
-      query string parameter (via ``GET``) containing a zero-indexed page
+      query string parameter (via ``GET``) containing a 1-based page
       number, or a ``page`` variable specified in the URLconf. See
       "Notes on pagination" below.