diff --git a/docs/ref/signals.txt b/docs/ref/signals.txt
index a442f2cbc7..930041bb08 100644
--- a/docs/ref/signals.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/signals.txt
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Arguments sent with this signal:
         The model class.
 
     ``instance``
-        The actual instance being saved.
+        The actual instance being deleted.
 
 post_delete
 -----------
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ Arguments sent with this signal:
         The model class.
 
     ``instance``
-        The actual instance being saved.
+        The actual instance being deleted.
 
         Note that the object will no longer be in the database, so be very
-        careful what you do with this instance
+        careful what you do with this instance.
 
 class_prepared
 --------------