diff --git a/docs/topics/testing.txt b/docs/topics/testing.txt
index efd2593b716..d3a4fcf57a9 100644
--- a/docs/topics/testing.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/testing.txt
@@ -1019,12 +1019,14 @@ The request factory
 
 .. Class:: RequestFactory
 
-The :class:`~django.test.client.RequestFactory` is a simplified
-version of the test client that provides a way to generate a request
-instance that can be used as the first argument to any view. This
-means you can test a view function the same way as you would test any
-other function -- as a black box, with exactly known inputs, testing
-for specific outputs.
+.. versionadded:: 1.3
+
+The :class:`~django.test.client.RequestFactory` shares the same API as
+the test client. However, instead of behaving like a browser, the
+RequestFactory provides a way to generate a request instance that can
+be used as the first argument to any view. This means you can test a
+view function the same way as you would test any other function -- as
+a black box, with exactly known inputs, testing for specific outputs.
 
 The API for the :class:`~django.test.client.RequestFactory` is a slightly
 restricted subset of the test client API:
@@ -1052,7 +1054,7 @@ The following is a simple unit test using the request factory::
             self.factory = RequestFactory()
 
         def test_details(self):
-            # Issue a GET request.
+            # Create a in instance of a GET request.
             request = self.factory.get('/customer/details')
 
             # Test my_view() as if it were deployed at /customer/details