diff --git a/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py b/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
index d07851bbf5..58ae3413f3 100644
--- a/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
+++ b/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
@@ -1047,13 +1047,14 @@ class GenericIPAddressField(Field):
     description = _("IP address")
     default_error_messages = {}
 
-    def __init__(self, protocol='both', unpack_ipv4=False, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, verbose_name=None, name=None, protocol='both',
+                 unpack_ipv4=False, *args, **kwargs):
         self.unpack_ipv4 = unpack_ipv4
         self.default_validators, invalid_error_message = \
             validators.ip_address_validators(protocol, unpack_ipv4)
         self.default_error_messages['invalid'] = invalid_error_message
         kwargs['max_length'] = 39
-        Field.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        Field.__init__(self, verbose_name, name, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def get_internal_type(self):
         return "GenericIPAddressField"
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.4.2.txt b/docs/releases/1.4.2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f2e9aca2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/1.4.2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+==========================
+Django 1.4.2 release notes
+==========================
+
+*TO BE RELEASED*
+
+This is the second security release in the Django 1.4 series.
+
+Backwards incompatible changes
+==============================
+
+* The newly introduced :class:`~django.db.models.GenericIPAddressField`
+  constructor arguments have been adapted to match those of all other model
+  fields. The first two keyword arguments are now verbose_name and name.
diff --git a/docs/releases/index.txt b/docs/releases/index.txt
index 75cdbbf90d..fa55a4d206 100644
--- a/docs/releases/index.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/index.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Final releases
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   .. 1.4.2 (uncomment on release)
    1.4.1
    1.4
 
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/validation/models.py b/tests/modeltests/validation/models.py
index dcd9ced52c..db083290fb 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/validation/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/validation/models.py
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ class GenericIPAddressTestModel(models.Model):
     generic_ip = models.GenericIPAddressField(blank=True, null=True, unique=True)
     v4_ip = models.GenericIPAddressField(blank=True, null=True, protocol="ipv4")
     v6_ip = models.GenericIPAddressField(blank=True, null=True, protocol="ipv6")
+    ip_verbose_name = models.GenericIPAddressField("IP Address Verbose",
+            blank=True, null=True)
 
 class GenericIPAddrUnpackUniqueTest(models.Model):
     generic_v4unpack_ip = models.GenericIPAddressField(blank=True, unique=True, unpack_ipv4=True)
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/model_fields/models.py b/tests/regressiontests/model_fields/models.py
index 4dcfb17bb3..d9c123fb39 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/model_fields/models.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/model_fields/models.py
@@ -69,6 +69,33 @@ class BooleanModel(models.Model):
 class RenamedField(models.Model):
     modelname = models.IntegerField(name="fieldname", choices=((1,'One'),))
 
+class VerboseNameField(models.Model):
+    id = models.AutoField("verbose pk", primary_key=True)
+    field1 = models.BigIntegerField("verbose field1")
+    field2 = models.BooleanField("verbose field2")
+    field3 = models.CharField("verbose field3", max_length=10)
+    field4 = models.CommaSeparatedIntegerField("verbose field4", max_length=99)
+    field5 = models.DateField("verbose field5")
+    field6 = models.DateTimeField("verbose field6")
+    field7 = models.DecimalField("verbose field7", max_digits=6, decimal_places=1)
+    field8 = models.EmailField("verbose field8")
+    field9 = models.FileField("verbose field9", upload_to="unused")
+    field10 = models.FilePathField("verbose field10")
+    field11 = models.FloatField("verbose field11")
+    # Don't want to depend on PIL in this test
+    #field_image = models.ImageField("verbose field")
+    field12 = models.IntegerField("verbose field12")
+    field13 = models.IPAddressField("verbose field13")
+    field14 = models.GenericIPAddressField("verbose field14", protocol="ipv4")
+    field15 = models.NullBooleanField("verbose field15")
+    field16 = models.PositiveIntegerField("verbose field16")
+    field17 = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField("verbose field17")
+    field18 = models.SlugField("verbose field18")
+    field19 = models.SmallIntegerField("verbose field19")
+    field20 = models.TextField("verbose field20")
+    field21 = models.TimeField("verbose field21")
+    field22 = models.URLField("verbose field22")
+
 # This model isn't used in any test, just here to ensure it validates successfully.
 # See ticket #16570.
 class DecimalLessThanOne(models.Model):
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/model_fields/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/model_fields/tests.py
index 7d6071accc..526aca4f98 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/model_fields/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/model_fields/tests.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from django.utils import six
 from django.utils import unittest
 
 from .models import (Foo, Bar, Whiz, BigD, BigS, Image, BigInt, Post,
-    NullBooleanModel, BooleanModel, Document, RenamedField)
+    NullBooleanModel, BooleanModel, Document, RenamedField, VerboseNameField)
 
 from .imagefield import (ImageFieldTests, ImageFieldTwoDimensionsTests,
     TwoImageFieldTests, ImageFieldNoDimensionsTests,
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ class BasicFieldTests(test.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(hasattr(instance, 'get_fieldname_display'))
         self.assertFalse(hasattr(instance, 'get_modelname_display'))
 
+    def test_field_verbose_name(self):
+        m = VerboseNameField
+        for i in range(1, 23):
+            self.assertEqual(m._meta.get_field('field%d' % i).verbose_name,
+                    'verbose field%d' % i)
+
+        self.assertEqual(m._meta.get_field('id').verbose_name, 'verbose pk')
+
 class DecimalFieldTests(test.TestCase):
     def test_to_python(self):
         f = models.DecimalField(max_digits=4, decimal_places=2)