diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/geolibs.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/geolibs.txt
index 617d45f481..fed2114b0e 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/geolibs.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/geolibs.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Program                   Description                           Required
 :doc:`GDAL <../gdal>`     Geospatial Data Abstraction Library   Yes (SQLite only)                 2.0, 1.11, 1.10, 1.9, 1.8, 1.7
 :doc:`GeoIP <../geoip>`   IP-based geolocation library          No                                1.4
 `PostGIS`__               Spatial extensions for PostgreSQL     Yes (PostgreSQL only)             2.1, 2.0
-`SpatiaLite`__            Spatial extensions for SQLite         Yes (SQLite only)                 4.1, 4.0, 3.0
+`SpatiaLite`__            Spatial extensions for SQLite         Yes (SQLite only)                 4.3, 4.2, 4.1, 4.0, 3.0
 ========================  ====================================  ================================  ============================
 
 Note that older or more recent versions of these libraries *may* also work
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ totally fine with GeoDjango. Your mileage may vary.
     Spatialite 3.0.0 2011-12-30
     Spatialite 4.0.0 2012-11-25
     Spatialite 4.1.0 2013-06-04
+    Spatialite 4.2.0 2014-07-25
+    Spatialite 4.3.0 2015-09-07
 
 .. admonition::  Install GDAL
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/spatialite.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/spatialite.txt
index cf5710c395..13735d6d43 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/spatialite.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/spatialite.txt
@@ -5,20 +5,30 @@ Installing Spatialite
 `SpatiaLite`__ adds spatial support to SQLite, turning it into a full-featured
 spatial database.
 
-Check first if you can install Spatialite from system packages or binaries. For
-example, on Debian-based distributions, try to install the ``spatialite-bin``
-package. For Mac OS X, follow the
-:ref:`specific instructions below<spatialite_macosx>`. For Windows, you may
-find binaries on `Gaia-SINS`__ home page. In any case, you should always
-be able to :ref:`install from source<spatialite_source>`.
+First, check if you can install Spatialite from system packages or binaries.
 
-When you are done with the installation process, skip to :ref:`create_spatialite_db`.
+For example, on Debian-based distributions, try to install the
+``spatialite-bin`` package. For distributions that package SpatiaLite 4.2+,
+install ``libsqlite3-mod-spatialite``.
+
+For Mac OS X, follow the :ref:`instructions below<spatialite_macosx>`.
+
+For Windows, you may find binaries on the `Gaia-SINS`__ home page.
+
+In any case, you should always be able to :ref:`install from source
+<spatialite_source>`.
 
 __ https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/libspatialite
 __ http://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/
 
 .. _spatialite_source:
 
+.. admonition:: ``SPATIALITE_LIBRARY_PATH`` setting required for SpatiaLite 4.2+
+
+    If you're using SpatiaLite 4.2+, you must put this in your settings::
+
+        SPATIALITE_LIBRARY_PATH = 'mod_spatialite'
+
 Installing from source
 ======================
 
@@ -91,7 +101,7 @@ KyngChaos
 
 First, follow the instructions in the :ref:`kyngchaos` section.
 
-When :ref:`create_spatialite_db`, the ``spatialite`` program is required.
+When creating a SpatiaLite database, the ``spatialite`` program is required.
 However, instead of attempting to compile the SpatiaLite tools from source,
 download the `SpatiaLite Binaries`__ for OS X, and install ``spatialite`` in a
 location available in your ``PATH``.  For example::
@@ -124,12 +134,3 @@ following to your ``settings.py``::
     SPATIALITE_LIBRARY_PATH='/usr/local/lib/mod_spatialite.dylib'
 
 .. _Homebrew: http://brew.sh/
-
-.. _create_spatialite_db:
-
-Creating a spatial database for SpatiaLite
-==========================================
-
-When running ``manage.py migrate`` with a SQLite or SpatiaLite database, the
-database file will be automatically created if it doesn't exist. Django will
-also ensure that the spatial metadata are initialized in the database.
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/testing.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/testing.txt
index b50f276522..e9a09097db 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/testing.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/testing.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Testing GeoDjango apps
 ======================
 
 Included in this documentation are some additional notes and settings
-for :ref:`testing-postgis` and :ref:`testing-spatialite` users.
+for :ref:`testing-postgis` users.
 
 .. _testing-postgis:
 
@@ -79,16 +79,6 @@ a simple way to add superuser privileges to your database user.
 By default, the PostGIS installer on Windows includes a template
 spatial database entitled ``template_postgis``.
 
-.. _testing-spatialite:
-
-SpatiaLite
-==========
-
-Make sure the necessary spatial tables are created in your test spatial
-database, as described in :ref:`create_spatialite_db`. Then just do this::
-
-    $ python manage.py test
-
 .. _geodjango-tests:
 
 GeoDjango tests