diff --git a/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt b/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
index b9a4037440..53359441ae 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ last
 
 .. versionadded:: 1.6
 
-Works like  :meth:`first()` except the ordering is reversed.
+Works like  :meth:`first()`, but returns the last object in the queryset.
 
 aggregate
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