diff --git a/django/views/generic/list_detail.py b/django/views/generic/list_detail.py
index 87b1879059..f4cdf90c56 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/list_detail.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/list_detail.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ def object_list(request, app_label, module_name, paginate_by=None, allow_empty=F
             the previous page
         pages
             number of pages, total
+        hits
+            number of objects, total
     """
     mod = models.get_module(app_label, module_name)
     lookup_kwargs = extra_lookup_kwargs.copy()
diff --git a/docs/generic_views.txt b/docs/generic_views.txt
index 62e7c14e2b..4201423c28 100644
--- a/docs/generic_views.txt
+++ b/docs/generic_views.txt
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ Individual views are:
             The previous page
         ``pages``
             Number of pages total
+        ``hits``
+            Total number of objects
 
 ``object_detail``
     Object detail page. This works like and takes the same arguments as