diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
index 48cc4222311..63018f66111 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
@@ -270,6 +270,15 @@ respect to the month.
 
 Like :attr:`~Field.unique_for_date` and :attr:`~Field.unique_for_month`.
 
+``verbose_name``
+-------------------
+
+.. attribute:: Field.verbose_name
+
+A human-readable name for the field. If the verbose name isn't given, Django
+will automatically create it using the field's attribute name, converting
+underscores to spaces. See :ref:`Verbose field names <verbose-field-names>`.
+
 .. _model-field-types:
 
 Field types
diff --git a/docs/topics/db/models.txt b/docs/topics/db/models.txt
index ddcd020f6d3..0c87cdc9d19 100644
--- a/docs/topics/db/models.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/db/models.txt
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ sees you've explicitly set :attr:`Field.primary_key`, it won't add the automatic
 Each model requires exactly one field to have :attr:`primary_key=True
 <Field.primary_key>`.
 
+.. _verbose-field-names:
+
 Verbose field names
 -------------------