diff --git a/docs/cache.txt b/docs/cache.txt
index e814ce8f27..b672e412aa 100644
--- a/docs/cache.txt
+++ b/docs/cache.txt
@@ -332,17 +332,28 @@ the value of the ``CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_SETTINGS`` setting. If you use a custom
 ``max_age`` in a ``cache_control`` decorator, the decorator will take
 precedence, and the header values will be merged correctly.)
 
-If you want to use headers to disable caching altogether, two utility functions
-are provided.  `django.utils.cache.add_never_cache_headers`` is a
-function that takes a single HttpResponse object as its argument and adds
-headers to ensure the response won't be cached by browsers or other caches.
-``django.views.decorators.never_cache`` is a view decorator that does the same
-thing but can be applied to a view function for convenience.  Example::
+Disabling HTTP caching for a particular view
+============================================
 
-    from django.views.decorators.cache import never_cache
-    @never_cache
-    def myview(request):
-        ...
+If you want to use headers to disable HTTP caching altogether for a particular
+view, use one of the two utility functions the come with Django:
+
+    * ``django.utils.cache.add_never_cache_headers`` takes a single
+      ``HttpResponse`` object as its argument and alters the response to adds
+      headers that ensure the response won't be cached by browsers or other
+      caches.
+    * ``django.views.decorators.never_cache`` is a view decorator that does the
+      same thing but can be applied to a view function for convenience.
+      Example::
+
+        from django.views.decorators.cache import never_cache
+        @never_cache
+        def myview(request):
+            # ...
+
+Note that these functions disable HTTP caching (as described in the 'Controlling
+Cache' sections of this document) -- they do *not* disable performance caching
+(as described in the first few sections of this document).
 
 .. _`Cache-Control spec`: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.9