diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py b/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py
index 832b3562cd..3c0c6f0ac2 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ def result_headers(cl):
                        "url": cl.get_query_string({ORDER_VAR: i, ORDER_TYPE_VAR: new_order_type}),
                        "class_attrib": (th_classes and ' class="%s"' % ' '.join(th_classes) or '')}
 
+def _boolean_icon(field_val):
+    BOOLEAN_MAPPING = {True: 'yes', False: 'no', None: 'unknown'}
+    return '<img src="%simg/admin/icon-%s.gif" alt="%s" />' % (settings.ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX, BOOLEAN_MAPPING[field_val], field_val)
+
 def items_for_result(cl, result):
     first = True
     pk = cl.lookup_opts.pk.attname
@@ -114,9 +118,14 @@ def items_for_result(cl, result):
             try:
                 attr = getattr(result, field_name)
                 allow_tags = getattr(attr, 'allow_tags', False)
+                boolean = getattr(attr, 'boolean', False)
                 if callable(attr):
                     attr = attr()
-                result_repr = str(attr)
+                if boolean:
+                    allow_tags = True
+                    result_repr = _boolean_icon(attr)
+                else:
+                    result_repr = str(attr)
             except (AttributeError, ObjectDoesNotExist):
                 result_repr = EMPTY_CHANGELIST_VALUE
             else:
@@ -147,8 +156,7 @@ def items_for_result(cl, result):
                 row_class = ' class="nowrap"'
             # Booleans are special: We use images.
             elif isinstance(f, models.BooleanField) or isinstance(f, models.NullBooleanField):
-                BOOLEAN_MAPPING = {True: 'yes', False: 'no', None: 'unknown'}
-                result_repr = '<img src="%simg/admin/icon-%s.gif" alt="%s" />' % (settings.ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX, BOOLEAN_MAPPING[field_val], field_val)
+                result_repr = _boolean_icon(field_val)
             # FloatFields are special: Zero-pad the decimals.
             elif isinstance(f, models.FloatField):
                 if field_val is not None:
diff --git a/docs/model-api.txt b/docs/model-api.txt
index 725ec52141..603c131662 100644
--- a/docs/model-api.txt
+++ b/docs/model-api.txt
@@ -1268,6 +1268,24 @@ A few special cases to note about ``list_display``:
                   return '<span style="color: #%s;">%s %s</span>' % (self.color_code, self.first_name, self.last_name)
               colored_name.allow_tags = True
 
+    * If the string given is a method of the model that returns True or False 
+      Django will display a pretty "on" or "off" icon if you give the method a 
+      ``boolean`` attribute whose value is ``True``.
+
+      Here's a full example model::
+
+          class Person(models.Model):
+              first_name = models.CharField(maxlength=50)
+              birthday = models.DateField()
+
+              class Admin:
+                  list_display = ('name', 'born_in_fifties')
+
+              def born_in_fifties(self):
+                  return self.birthday.strftime('%Y')[:3] == 5
+              born_in_fifties.boolean = True
+
+
     * The ``__str__()`` method is just as valid in ``list_display`` as any
       other model method, so it's perfectly OK to do this::