diff --git a/docs/db-api.txt b/docs/db-api.txt
index c207812081..e3303ea576 100644
--- a/docs/db-api.txt
+++ b/docs/db-api.txt
@@ -335,18 +335,18 @@ return a list of every *second* object of the first 10::
     Entry.objects.all()[:10:2]
 
 To retrieve a *single* object rather than a list
-(e.g. ``SELECT foo FROM bar LIMIT 1``), using a simple index instead of a
+(e.g. ``SELECT foo FROM bar LIMIT 1``), use a simple index instead of a
 slice. For example, this returns the first ``Entry`` in the database, after
 ordering entries alphabetically by headline::
 
     Entry.objects.order_by('headline')[0]
 
-This is equivalent to::
+This is roughly equivalent to::
 
     Entry.objects.order_by('headline')[0:1].get()
 
-Note that either of these two examples will raise ``DoesNotExist`` if no
-objects match the given criteria.
+Note, however, that the first of these will raise ``IndexError`` while the 
+second will raise ``DoesNotExist`` if no objects match the given criteria.
 
 QuerySet methods that return new QuerySets
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