diff --git a/django/test/testcases.py b/django/test/testcases.py
index 276d1f3c41..10bd6c6c9f 100644
--- a/django/test/testcases.py
+++ b/django/test/testcases.py
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ class TransactionTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def assertContains(self, response, text, count=None, status_code=200,
                        msg_prefix=''):
         """
-        Asserts that a response indicates that a page was retrieved
+        Asserts that a response indicates that some content was retrieved
         successfully, (i.e., the HTTP status code was as expected), and that
         ``text`` occurs ``count`` times in the content of the response.
         If ``count`` is None, the count doesn't matter - the assertion is true
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ class TransactionTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             msg_prefix += ": "
 
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status_code,
-            msg_prefix + "Couldn't retrieve page: Response code was %d"
+            msg_prefix + "Couldn't retrieve content: Response code was %d"
             " (expected %d)" % (response.status_code, status_code))
         text = smart_str(text, response._charset)
         real_count = response.content.count(text)
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ class TransactionTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def assertNotContains(self, response, text, status_code=200,
                           msg_prefix=''):
         """
-        Asserts that a response indicates that a page was retrieved
+        Asserts that a response indicates that some content was retrieved
         successfully, (i.e., the HTTP status code was as expected), and that
         ``text`` doesn't occurs in the content of the response.
         """
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class TransactionTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             msg_prefix += ": "
 
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status_code,
-            msg_prefix + "Couldn't retrieve page: Response code was %d"
+            msg_prefix + "Couldn't retrieve content: Response code was %d"
             " (expected %d)" % (response.status_code, status_code))
         text = smart_str(text, response._charset)
         self.assertEqual(response.content.count(text), 0,
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/models.py b/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/models.py
index a740237321..7a564e9b69 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/models.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/test_client_regress/models.py
@@ -34,20 +34,20 @@ class AssertContainsTests(TestCase):
         try:
             self.assertContains(response, 'text', status_code=999)
         except AssertionError, e:
-            self.assertEquals(str(e), "Couldn't retrieve page: Response code was 200 (expected 999)")
+            self.assertEquals(str(e), "Couldn't retrieve content: Response code was 200 (expected 999)")
         try:
             self.assertContains(response, 'text', status_code=999, msg_prefix='abc')
         except AssertionError, e:
-            self.assertEquals(str(e), "abc: Couldn't retrieve page: Response code was 200 (expected 999)")
+            self.assertEquals(str(e), "abc: Couldn't retrieve content: Response code was 200 (expected 999)")
 
         try:
             self.assertNotContains(response, 'text', status_code=999)
         except AssertionError, e:
-            self.assertEquals(str(e), "Couldn't retrieve page: Response code was 200 (expected 999)")
+            self.assertEquals(str(e), "Couldn't retrieve content: Response code was 200 (expected 999)")
         try:
             self.assertNotContains(response, 'text', status_code=999, msg_prefix='abc')
         except AssertionError, e:
-            self.assertEquals(str(e), "abc: Couldn't retrieve page: Response code was 200 (expected 999)")
+            self.assertEquals(str(e), "abc: Couldn't retrieve content: Response code was 200 (expected 999)")
 
         try:
             self.assertNotContains(response, 'once')