diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/adminapplist.py b/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/adminapplist.py
index f672481d26..5e544fe19f 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/adminapplist.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/adminapplist.py
@@ -53,7 +53,16 @@ class AdminApplistNode(template.Node):
 
 def get_admin_app_list(parser, token):
     """
-    {% get_admin_app_list as app_list %}
+    Returns a list of installed applications and models for which the current user
+    has at least one permission.
+
+    Syntax::
+    
+        {% get_admin_app_list as [context_var_containing_app_list] %}
+
+    Example usage::
+
+        {% get_admin_app_list as admin_app_list %}
     """
     tokens = token.contents.split()
     if len(tokens) < 3:
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/adminmedia.py b/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/adminmedia.py
index 266c017e3d..77863435d4 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/adminmedia.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/adminmedia.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ from django.template import Library
 register = Library()
 
 def admin_media_prefix():
+    """
+    Returns the string contained in the setting ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX.
+    """
     try:
         from django.conf import settings
     except ImportError: