diff --git a/docs/topics/conditional-view-processing.txt b/docs/topics/conditional-view-processing.txt
index 53cb3205d8..1ce3c3bb92 100644
--- a/docs/topics/conditional-view-processing.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/conditional-view-processing.txt
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ middleware to set the ``ETag`` header.
 When the client next requests the same resource, it might send along a header
 such as `If-modified-since`_, containing the date of the last modification
 time it was sent, or `If-none-match`_, containing the ``ETag`` it was sent.
-If there is no match with the ETag, or if the resource has not been modified,
-a 304 status code can be sent back, instead of a full response, telling the
-client that nothing has changed.
+If the current version of the page matches the ``ETag`` sent by the client, or
+if the resource has not been modified, a 304 status code can be sent back,
+instead of a full response, telling the client that nothing has changed.
 
 .. _If-none-match: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.26
 .. _If-modified-since: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.25