diff --git a/docs/generic_views.txt b/docs/generic_views.txt
index 6671382b58..c574b3c4a3 100644
--- a/docs/generic_views.txt
+++ b/docs/generic_views.txt
@@ -201,8 +201,9 @@ a date in the *future* are not included unless you set ``allow_future`` to
       specified in ``date_field`` is greater than the current date/time. By
       default, this is ``False``.
 
-    * ``template_object_name``: Designates the name of the template variable
-      to use in the template context. By default, this is ``'latest'``.
+    * **New in Django development version:** ``template_object_name``:
+      Designates the name of the template variable to use in the template
+      context. By default, this is ``'latest'``.
 
 **Template name:**
 
@@ -227,10 +228,12 @@ In addition to ``extra_context``, the template's context will be:
 
     * ``latest``: The ``num_latest`` objects in the system, ordered descending
       by ``date_field``. For example, if ``num_latest`` is ``10``, then
-      ``latest`` will be a list of the latest 10 objects in ``queryset``. This
-      variable's name depends on the ``template_object_name`` parameter, which
-      is ``'latest'`` by default. If ``template_object_name`` is ``'foo'``, 
-      this variable's name will be ``foo``.
+      ``latest`` will be a list of the latest 10 objects in ``queryset``.
+
+      **New in Django development version:** This variable's name depends on
+      the ``template_object_name`` parameter, which is ``'latest'`` by default.
+      If ``template_object_name`` is ``'foo'``, this variable's name will be
+      ``foo``.
 
 .. _RequestContext docs: ../templates_python/#subclassing-context-requestcontext