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diff --git a/docs/ref/signals.txt b/docs/ref/signals.txt
index 77378b0a48..e28bab2c12 100644
--- a/docs/ref/signals.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/signals.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
Signals
=======
-A list of all the signals that Django sends.
+A list of all the signals that Django sends. All built-in signals are sent
+using the :meth:`~django.dispatch.Signal.send` method.
.. seealso::
diff --git a/docs/topics/signals.txt b/docs/topics/signals.txt
index fbc2409570..a92f34d8f3 100644
--- a/docs/topics/signals.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/signals.txt
@@ -235,9 +235,10 @@ There are two ways to send signals in Django.
.. method:: Signal.send(sender, **kwargs)
.. method:: Signal.send_robust(sender, **kwargs)
-To send a signal, call either :meth:`Signal.send` or :meth:`Signal.send_robust`.
-You must provide the ``sender`` argument (which is a class most of the time),
-and may provide as many other keyword arguments as you like.
+To send a signal, call either :meth:`Signal.send` (all built-in signals use
+this) or :meth:`Signal.send_robust`. You must provide the ``sender`` argument
+(which is a class most of the time) and may provide as many other keyword
+arguments as you like.
For example, here's how sending our ``pizza_done`` signal might look::