diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
index 986e7e93612..c1a1754b298 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
@@ -690,14 +690,20 @@ the request's IP address (``request.META['REMOTE_ADDR']``) is in the
 ``django.template.context_processors.i18n``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-If this processor is enabled, every ``RequestContext`` will contain these two
+.. function:: i18n
+
+If this processor is enabled, every ``RequestContext`` will contain these
 variables:
 
 * ``LANGUAGES`` -- The value of the :setting:`LANGUAGES` setting.
+* ``LANGUAGE_BIDI`` -- ``True`` if the current language is a right-to-left
+  language, e.g. Hebrew, Arabic. ``False`` if it's a left-to-right language,
+  e.g. English, French, German.
 * ``LANGUAGE_CODE`` -- ``request.LANGUAGE_CODE``, if it exists. Otherwise,
   the value of the :setting:`LANGUAGE_CODE` setting.
 
-See :doc:`/topics/i18n/index` for more.
+See :ref:`i18n template tags <i18n-template-tags>` for template tags that
+generate the same values.
 
 ``django.template.context_processors.media``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt b/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt
index 2fe1497cf1b..34313034c8b 100644
--- a/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ If you want to select a language within a template, you can use the
 While the first occurrence of "Welcome to our page" uses the current language,
 the second will always be in English.
 
-.. _template-translation-vars:
+.. _i18n-template-tags:
 
 Other tags
 ----------
@@ -880,8 +880,13 @@ locale's direction. If ``True``, it's a right-to-left language, e.g. Hebrew,
 Arabic. If ``False`` it's a left-to-right language, e.g. English, French,
 German, etc.
 
-If you enable the ``django.template.context_processors.i18n`` context processor
-then each ``RequestContext`` will have access to ``LANGUAGES``,
+.. _template-translation-vars:
+
+``i18n`` context processor
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+If you enable the :class:`django.template.context_processors.i18n` context
+processor, then each ``RequestContext`` will have access to ``LANGUAGES``,
 ``LANGUAGE_CODE``, and ``LANGUAGE_BIDI`` as defined above.
 
 .. templatetag:: get_language_info