diff --git a/docs/settings.txt b/docs/settings.txt
index e72cc9fdd0f..099196e56e1 100644
--- a/docs/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/settings.txt
@@ -760,12 +760,12 @@ Note that this is the time zone to which Django will convert all dates/times --
 not necessarily the timezone of the server. For example, one server may serve
 multiple Django-powered sites, each with a separate time-zone setting.
 
-Normally, Django will set the ``os.environ['TZ']`` variable to the timezone
-you specify in this variable. All your views and models will therefore
-automatically operate in the correct timezone. However, if you are using the
-manual configuration option (see below), the environment variable will not be
-touched and it is up to you to ensure your processes are running in the
-correct environment.
+Normally, Django sets the ``os.environ['TZ']`` variable to the time zone you
+specify in the  ``TIME_ZONE`` setting. Thus, all your views and models will
+automatically operate in the correct time zone. However, if you're using the
+manual configuration option (see below), Django will *not* touch the ``TZ``
+environment variable, and it'll be up to you to ensure your processes are
+running in the correct environment.
 
 USE_ETAGS
 ---------
@@ -845,13 +845,13 @@ setting is not passed to ``configure()`` and is needed at some later point,
 Django will use the default setting value.
 
 Configuring Django in this fashion is mostly necessary -- and, indeed,
-recommended -- when you are using a piece of the Django framework inside a
-larger application. Consequently, when configured via
-``settings.configure()``, Django will not make any modifications to the
-process environment (see the explanation of ``TIME_ZONE``, above, for why this
-would normally occur). It is assumed that you are already in full control of
-your environment in these cases and have configured your environment as
-required in some other fashion.
+recommended -- when you're using a piece of the framework inside a larger
+application.
+
+Consequently, when configured via ``settings.configure()``, Django will not
+make any modifications to the process environment variables. (See the
+explanation of ``TIME_ZONE``, above, for why this would normally occur.) It's
+assumed that you're already in full control of your environment in these cases.
 
 Custom default settings
 -----------------------