diff --git a/docs/topics/class-based-views/index.txt b/docs/topics/class-based-views/index.txt
index a738221892..54d4b0f252 100644
--- a/docs/topics/class-based-views/index.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/class-based-views/index.txt
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ Basic examples
 Django provides base view classes which will suit a wide range of applications.
 All views inherit from the :class:`~django.views.generic.base.View` class, which
 handles linking the view in to the URLs, HTTP method dispatching and other
-simple features. :class:`~django.views.generic.base.RedirectView` is for a simple HTTP
-redirect, and :class:`~django.views.generic.base.TemplateView` extends the base class
-to make it also render a template.
+simple features. :class:`~django.views.generic.base.RedirectView` is for a
+simple HTTP redirect, and :class:`~django.views.generic.base.TemplateView`
+extends the base class to make it also render a template.
 
 
 Simple usage in your URLconf
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ Simple usage in your URLconf
 
 The simplest way to use generic views is to create them directly in your
 URLconf. If you're only changing a few simple attributes on a class-based view,
-you can simply pass them into the ``as_view`` method call itself::
+you can simply pass them into the
+:meth:`~django.views.generic.base.View.as_view` method call itself::
 
     from django.conf.urls import patterns, url, include
     from django.views.generic import TemplateView
@@ -43,9 +44,10 @@ you can simply pass them into the ``as_view`` method call itself::
         (r'^about/', TemplateView.as_view(template_name="about.html")),
     )
 
-Any arguments given will override the ``template_name`` on the
-A similar overriding pattern can be used for the ``url`` attribute on
-:class:`~django.views.generic.base.RedirectView`.
+Any arguments passed to :meth:`~django.views.generic.base.View.as_view` will
+override attributes set on the class. In this example, we set ``template_name``
+on the ``TemplateView``. A similar overriding pattern can be used for the
+``url`` attribute on :class:`~django.views.generic.base.RedirectView`.
 
 
 Subclassing generic views
@@ -67,8 +69,8 @@ and override the template name::
 
 Then we just need to add this new view into our URLconf.
 `~django.views.generic.base.TemplateView` is a class, not a function, so we
-point the URL to the ``as_view`` class method instead, which provides a
-function-like entry to class-based views::
+point the URL to the :meth:`~django.views.generic.base.View.as_view` class
+method instead, which provides a function-like entry to class-based views::
 
     # urls.py
     from django.conf.urls import patterns, url, include