diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt
index 8c87eb68187..809ee68db65 100644
--- a/docs/ref/databases.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt
@@ -398,11 +398,15 @@ Collation settings
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The collation setting for a column controls the order in which data is sorted
-as well as what strings compare as equal. It can be set on a database-wide
-level and also per-table and per-column. This is `documented thoroughly`_ in
-the MySQL documentation. In all cases, you set the collation by directly
-manipulating the database tables; Django doesn't provide a way to set this on
-the model definition.
+as well as what strings compare as equal. You can specify the ``db_collation``
+parameter to set the collation name of the column for
+:attr:`CharField <django.db.models.CharField.db_collation>` and
+:attr:`TextField <django.db.models.TextField.db_collation>`.
+
+The collation can also be set on a database-wide level and per-table. This is
+`documented thoroughly`_ in the MySQL documentation. In such cases, you must
+set the collation by directly manipulating the database settings or tables.
+Django doesn't provide an API to change them.
 
 .. _documented thoroughly: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/en/charset.html
 
@@ -432,6 +436,10 @@ because it is more accurate.
     differ only by case will pass validation, but upon calling ``save()``, an
     ``IntegrityError`` will be raised.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 3.2
+
+    Support for setting a database collation for the field was added.
+
 Connecting to the database
 --------------------------