diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
index 7377f11a63..513499c0c1 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
@@ -2269,9 +2269,9 @@ your URLconf. Specifically, add these four patterns:
 .. code-block:: python
 
     url(r'^admin/password_reset/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset', name='admin_password_reset'),
-    (r'^admin/password_reset/done/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset_done'),
-    (r'^reset/(?P<uidb36>[0-9A-Za-z]+)-(?P<token>.+)/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset_confirm'),
-    (r'^reset/done/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset_complete'),
+    url(r'^admin/password_reset/done/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset_done', name='password_reset_done'),
+    url(r'^reset/(?P<uidb36>[0-9A-Za-z]+)-(?P<token>.+)/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset_confirm', name='password_reset_confirm'),
+    url(r'^reset/done/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset_complete', name='password_reset_complete'),
 
 (This assumes you've added the admin at ``admin/`` and requires that you put
 the URLs starting with ``^admin/`` before the line that includes the admin app
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.6.txt b/docs/releases/1.6.txt
index d3ba93c4a7..7e92972351 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.6.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.6.txt
@@ -670,6 +670,17 @@ Miscellaneous
   :meth:`django.contrib.auth.logout` which will send the
   :func:`~django.contrib.auth.signals.user_logged_out` signal.
 
+* :ref:`Authentication views <built-in-auth-views>` are now reversed by name,
+  not their locations in ``django.contrib.auth.views``. If you are using the
+  views without a ``name``, you should update your ``urlpatterns`` to use
+  :meth:`~django.conf.urls.url` with the ``name`` parameter. For example::
+
+    (r'^reset/done/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset_complete')
+
+  becomes::
+
+    url(r'^reset/done/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset_complete', name='password_reset_complete')
+
 Features deprecated in 1.6
 ==========================