diff --git a/django/views/generic/dates.py b/django/views/generic/dates.py
index d221c2c087..2011c6f4be 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/dates.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/dates.py
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ class YearArchiveView(MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin, BaseYearArchiveView):
 
 class BaseMonthArchiveView(YearMixin, MonthMixin, BaseDateListView):
     """
-    List of objects published in a given year.
+    List of objects published in a given month.
     """
     date_list_period = 'day'
 
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ class BaseMonthArchiveView(YearMixin, MonthMixin, BaseDateListView):
 
 class MonthArchiveView(MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin, BaseMonthArchiveView):
     """
-    List of objects published in a given year.
+    List of objects published in a given month.
     """
     template_name_suffix = '_archive_month'