3 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt
index cb55f680e3..3109146136 100644
--- a/docs/ref/databases.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt
@@ -268,6 +268,18 @@ non-durable <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/non-durability.html>`_.
     a development machine where you can easily restore the entire contents of
     all databases in the cluster.
 
+.. _mariadb-notes:
+
+MariaDB notes
+=============
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.0
+
+Django supports MariaDB 10.1 and higher.
+
+To use MariaDB, use the MySQL backend, which is shared between the two. See the
+:ref:`MySQL notes <mysql-notes>` for more details.
+
 .. _mysql-notes:
 
 MySQL notes
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/options.txt b/docs/ref/models/options.txt
index 6a50da5184..e09547ec23 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/options.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/options.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ If your database table name is an SQL reserved word, or contains characters that
 aren't allowed in Python variable names -- notably, the hyphen -- that's OK.
 Django quotes column and table names behind the scenes.
 
-.. admonition:: Use lowercase table names for MySQL
+.. admonition:: Use lowercase table names for MariaDB and MySQL
 
     It is strongly advised that you use lowercase table names when you override
     the table name via ``db_table``, particularly if you are using the MySQL
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index b6b6f20afe..31700d6088 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ SQLite. This can be configured using the following::
         }
     }
 
-When connecting to other database backends, such as MySQL, Oracle, or
+When connecting to other database backends, such as MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, or
 PostgreSQL, additional connection parameters will be required. See
 the :setting:`ENGINE <DATABASE-ENGINE>` setting below on how to specify
 other database types. This example is for PostgreSQL::