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diff --git a/docs/pagination.txt b/docs/pagination.txt index bfdf8eea1c..28b381ac12 100644 --- a/docs/pagination.txt +++ b/docs/pagination.txt @@ -59,10 +59,12 @@ page:: ... InvalidPage -Note that you can give ``Paginator`` a list/tuple or a Django ``QuerySet``. The -only difference is in implementation; if you pass a ``QuerySet``, the -``Paginator`` will call its ``count()`` method instead of using ``len()``, -because the former is more efficient. +Note that you can give ``Paginator`` a list/tuple, a Django ``QuerySet``, or +any other object with a ``count()`` or ``__len__()`` method. When determining +the number of objects contained in the passed object, ``Paginator`` will first +try calling ``count()``, then fallback to using ``len()`` if the passed object +has no ``count()`` method. This allows objects such as Django's ``QuerySet`` to +use a more efficient ``count()`` method when available. ``Paginator`` objects ===================== |