diff --git a/django/core/paginator.py b/django/core/paginator.py
index 7887ffa638..439b0bc717 100644
--- a/django/core/paginator.py
+++ b/django/core/paginator.py
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 class InvalidPage(Exception):
     pass
 
+class PageNotAnInteger(InvalidPage):
+    pass
+
+class EmptyPage(InvalidPage):
+    pass
+
 class Paginator(object):
     def __init__(self, object_list, per_page, orphans=0, allow_empty_first_page=True):
         self.object_list = object_list
@@ -14,14 +20,14 @@ class Paginator(object):
         try:
             number = int(number)
         except ValueError:
-            raise InvalidPage('That page number is not an integer')
+            raise PageNotAnInteger('That page number is not an integer')
         if number < 1:
-            raise InvalidPage('That page number is less than 1')
+            raise EmptyPage('That page number is less than 1')
         if number > self.num_pages:
             if number == 1 and self.allow_empty_first_page:
                 pass
             else:
-                raise InvalidPage('That page contains no results')
+                raise EmptyPage('That page contains no results')
         return number
 
     def page(self, number):
@@ -129,14 +135,14 @@ class ObjectPaginator(Paginator):
         try:
             page_number = int(page_number) + 1
         except ValueError:
-            raise InvalidPage
+            raise PageNotAnInteger
         return self.validate_number(page_number)
 
     def get_page(self, page_number):
         try:
             page_number = int(page_number) + 1
         except ValueError:
-            raise InvalidPage
+            raise PageNotAnInteger
         return self.page(page_number).object_list
 
     def has_next_page(self, page_number):
diff --git a/docs/pagination.txt b/docs/pagination.txt
index 20c6ca84cc..bfdf8eea1c 100644
--- a/docs/pagination.txt
+++ b/docs/pagination.txt
@@ -82,6 +82,21 @@ Attributes
 
 ``page_range`` -- A 1-based range of page numbers, e.g., ``[1, 2, 3, 4]``.
 
+``InvalidPage`` exceptions
+==========================
+
+The ``page()`` method raises ``InvalidPage`` if the requested page is invalid
+(i.e., not an integer) or contains no objects. Generally, it's enough to trap
+the ``InvalidPage`` exception, but if you'd like more granularity, you can trap
+either of the following exceptions:
+
+``PageNotAnInteger`` -- Raised when ``page()`` is given a value that isn't an integer.
+
+``EmptyPage`` -- Raised when ``page()`` is given a valid value but no objects exist on that page.
+
+Both of the exceptions are subclasses of ``InvalidPage``, so you can handle
+them both with a simple ``except InvalidPage``.
+
 ``Page`` objects
 ================