diff --git a/django/template/defaulttags.py b/django/template/defaulttags.py
index 125cd9ed55..0b039a5e00 100644
--- a/django/template/defaulttags.py
+++ b/django/template/defaulttags.py
@@ -936,7 +936,8 @@ def ifchanged(parser, token):
     """
     Checks if a value has changed from the last iteration of a loop.
 
-    The 'ifchanged' block tag is used within a loop. It has two possible uses.
+    The ``{% ifchanged %}`` block tag is used within a loop. It has two
+    possible uses.
 
     1. Checks its own rendered contents against its previous state and only
        displays the content if it has changed. For example, this displays a
@@ -949,9 +950,9 @@ def ifchanged(parser, token):
                 <a href="{{ date|date:"M/d"|lower }}/">{{ date|date:"j" }}</a>
             {% endfor %}
 
-    2. If given a variable, check whether that variable has changed.
-       For example, the following shows the date every time it changes, but
-       only shows the hour if both the hour and the date have changed::
+    2. If given one or more variables, check whether any variable has changed.
+       For example, the following shows the date every time it changes, while
+       showing the hour if either the hour or the date has changed::
 
             {% for date in days %}
                 {% ifchanged date.date %} {{ date.date }} {% endifchanged %}
diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
index 3638ce9078..6850f0504f 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
@@ -555,7 +555,8 @@ ifchanged
 
 Check if a value has changed from the last iteration of a loop.
 
-The 'ifchanged' block tag is used within a loop. It has two possible uses.
+The ``{% ifchanged %}`` block tag is used within a loop. It has two possible
+uses.
 
 1. Checks its own rendered contents against its previous state and only
    displays the content if it has changed. For example, this displays a list of
@@ -568,9 +569,9 @@ The 'ifchanged' block tag is used within a loop. It has two possible uses.
             <a href="{{ date|date:"M/d"|lower }}/">{{ date|date:"j" }}</a>
         {% endfor %}
 
-2. If given a variable, check whether that variable has changed. For
-   example, the following shows the date every time it changes, but
-   only shows the hour if both the hour and the date has changed::
+2. If given one or more variables, check whether any variable has changed.
+   For example, the following shows the date every time it changes, while
+   showing the hour if either the hour or the date has changed::
 
         {% for date in days %}
             {% ifchanged date.date %} {{ date.date }} {% endifchanged %}