diff --git a/django/core/cache/backends/base.py b/django/core/cache/backends/base.py
index cd0d7bd103..ff4223bf86 100644
--- a/django/core/cache/backends/base.py
+++ b/django/core/cache/backends/base.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class BaseCache(object):
 
     def add(self, key, value, timeout=None):
         """
-        Set a value in the cache if the key does not already exist.  If
+        Set a value in the cache if the key does not already exist. If
         timeout is given, that timeout will be used for the key; otherwise
         the default cache timeout will be used.
         """
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ class BaseCache(object):
 
     def get(self, key, default=None):
         """
-        Fetch a given key from the cache.  If the key does not exist, return
+        Fetch a given key from the cache. If the key does not exist, return
         default, which itself defaults to None.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def set(self, key, value, timeout=None):
         """
-        Set a value in the cache.  If timeout is given, that timeout will be
+        Set a value in the cache. If timeout is given, that timeout will be
         used for the key; otherwise the default cache timeout will be used.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ class BaseCache(object):
 
     def get_many(self, keys):
         """
-        Fetch a bunch of keys from the cache.  For certain backends (memcached,
+        Fetch a bunch of keys from the cache. For certain backends (memcached,
         pgsql) this can be *much* faster when fetching multiple values.
 
-        Returns a dict mapping each key in keys to its value.  If the given
+        Returns a dict mapping each key in keys to its value. If the given
         key is missing, it will be missing from the response dict.
         """
         d = {}
@@ -64,4 +64,3 @@ class BaseCache(object):
         return self.get(key) is not None
 
     __contains__ = has_key
-
diff --git a/docs/cache.txt b/docs/cache.txt
index 6dfe2bf5ee..0cd847c3e5 100644
--- a/docs/cache.txt
+++ b/docs/cache.txt
@@ -370,16 +370,16 @@ get() can take a ``default`` argument::
     >>> cache.get('my_key', 'has expired')
     'has expired'
 
-To add a key only if it doesn't already exist, there is an add() method.  It
-takes the same parameters as set(), but will not attempt to update the cache
-if the key specified is already present::
+**New in Django development version:** To add a key only if it doesn't already
+exist, use the ``add()`` method. It takes the same parameters as ``set()``, but
+it will not attempt to update the cache if the key specified is already present::
 
     >>> cache.set('add_key', 'Initial value')
     >>> cache.add('add_key', 'New value')
     >>> cache.get('add_key')
     'Initial value'
 
-There's also a get_many() interface that only hits the cache once. get_many()
+There's also a ``get_many()`` interface that only hits the cache once. ``get_many()``
 returns a dictionary with all the keys you asked for that actually exist in the
 cache (and haven't expired)::