diff --git a/django/db/backends/creation.py b/django/db/backends/creation.py
index 2934bee127..1622f0c472 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/creation.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/creation.py
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class BaseDatabaseCreation(object):
             ";",
         ]
 
-    def create_test_db(self, verbosity=1, autoclobber=False, keepdb=False, serialize=True):
+    def create_test_db(self, verbosity=1, autoclobber=False, serialize=True, keepdb=False):
         """
         Creates a test database, prompting the user for confirmation if the
         database already exists. Returns the name of the test database created.
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ class BaseDatabaseCreation(object):
                 app_config.name not in settings.TEST_NON_SERIALIZED_APPS
             ):
                 app_list.append((app_config, None))
+
         # Make a function to iteratively return every object
         def get_objects():
             for model in sort_dependencies(app_list):
diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/advanced.txt b/docs/topics/testing/advanced.txt
index 7c8124052d..8e9337b9b4 100644
--- a/docs/topics/testing/advanced.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/testing/advanced.txt
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ django.db.connection.creation
 The creation module of the database backend also provides some utilities that
 can be useful during testing.
 
-.. function:: create_test_db([verbosity=1, autoclobber=False, keepdb=False, serialize=True])
+.. function:: create_test_db([verbosity=1, autoclobber=False, serialize=True, keepdb=False])
 
     Creates a new test database and runs ``migrate`` against it.
 
@@ -501,24 +501,32 @@ can be useful during testing.
     * If autoclobber is ``True``, the database will be destroyed
       without consulting the user.
 
-    ``keepdb`` determines if the test run should use an existing
-    database, or create a new one. If ``True``, the existing
-    database will be used, or created if not present. If ``False``,
-    a new database will be created, prompting the user to remove
-    the existing one, if present.
-
     ``serialize`` determines if Django serializes the database into an
     in-memory JSON string before running tests (used to restore the database
     state between tests if you don't have transactions). You can set this to
     False to significantly speed up creation time if you know you don't need
     data persistance outside of test fixtures.
 
+    ``keepdb`` determines if the test run should use an existing
+    database, or create a new one. If ``True``, the existing
+    database will be used, or created if not present. If ``False``,
+    a new database will be created, prompting the user to remove
+    the existing one, if present.
+
     Returns the name of the test database that it created.
 
     ``create_test_db()`` has the side effect of modifying the value of
     :setting:`NAME` in :setting:`DATABASES` to match the name of the test
     database.
 
+    .. versionchanged:: 1.7
+
+        The ``serialize`` argument was added.
+
+    .. versionchanged:: 1.8
+
+        The ``keepdb`` argument was added.
+
 .. function:: destroy_test_db(old_database_name, [verbosity=1, keepdb=False])
 
     Destroys the database whose name is the value of :setting:`NAME` in
@@ -531,6 +539,10 @@ can be useful during testing.
     If the ``keepdb`` argument is ``True``, then the connection to the
     database will be closed, but the database will not be destroyed.
 
+    .. versionchanged:: 1.8
+
+        The ``keepdb`` argument was added.
+
 .. _topics-testing-code-coverage:
 
 Integration with coverage.py