diff --git a/django/forms/formsets.py b/django/forms/formsets.py
index 444c84c9d4..6400e4a67f 100644
--- a/django/forms/formsets.py
+++ b/django/forms/formsets.py
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ class BaseFormSet(object):
     def get_form_kwargs(self, index):
         """
         Return additional keyword arguments for each individual formset form.
+
+        index will be None if the form being constructed is a new empty
+        form.
         """
         return self.form_kwargs.copy()
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.9.txt b/docs/releases/1.9.txt
index b101738d78..793dcd6a82 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.9.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.9.txt
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ Forms
 * A form prefix can be specified inside a form class, not only when
   instantiating a form. See :ref:`form-prefix` for details.
 
+* You can now :ref:`specify keyword arguments <custom-formset-form-kwargs>`
+  that you want to pass to the constructor of forms in a formset.
+
 Generic Views
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt b/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt
index 97de9810e8..6d22118a40 100644
--- a/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt
@@ -535,6 +535,8 @@ default fields/attributes of the order and deletion fields::
     <tr><th><label for="id_form-0-pub_date">Pub date:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="form-0-pub_date" id="id_form-0-pub_date" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th><label for="id_form-0-my_field">My field:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="form-0-my_field" id="id_form-0-my_field" /></td></tr>
 
+.. _custom-formset-form-kwargs:
+
 Passing custom parameters to formset forms
 ------------------------------------------