diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
index 6131b247c1..7582f8b435 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
@@ -656,7 +656,8 @@ returns the resulting string::
 
 The ``render_to_string`` shortcut takes one required argument --
 ``template_name``, which should be the name of the template to load
-and render -- and two optional arguments:
+and render (or a list of template names, in which case Django will use
+the first template in the list that exists) -- and two optional arguments:
 
     dictionary
         A dictionary to be used as variables and values for the