diff --git a/tests/builddocs.py b/tests/builddocs.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..191d62838a100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/builddocs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+This module builds HTML documentation for models by introspecting the model
+unit tests.
+"""
+
+from django.core import meta, template
+import runtests
+import inspect, os, re, sys
+
+MODEL_DOC_TEMPLATE = """
+<div class="document" id="model-{{ model_name }}">
+
+<h1 class="title">{{ title }}</h1>
+{{ blurb }}
+
+<h2>Model source code</h2>
+<pre>{{ model_source }}</pre>
+
+<h2>Sample API usage</h2>
+<pre>{{ api_usage }}</pre>
+</div>
+"""
+
+def make_docs_from_model_tests(output_dir):
+    from django.conf import settings
+
+    # Manually set INSTALLED_APPS to point to the test app.
+    settings.INSTALLED_APPS = (runtests.APP_NAME,)
+
+    for model_name in runtests.get_test_models():
+        mod = meta.get_app(model_name)
+
+        # Clean up the title and blurb.
+        title, blurb = mod.__doc__.strip().split('\n', 1)
+        blurb = '<p>%s</p>' % blurb.strip().replace('\n\n', '</p><p>')
+        api_usage = mod.API_TESTS
+
+        # Get the source code of the model, without the docstring or the
+        # API_TESTS variable.
+        model_source = inspect.getsource(mod)
+        model_source = model_source.replace(mod.__doc__, '')
+        model_source = model_source.replace(mod.API_TESTS, '')
+        model_source = model_source.replace('""""""\n', '\n')
+        model_source = model_source.replace('API_TESTS = ', '')
+        model_source = model_source.strip()
+
+        # Run this through the template system.
+        t = template.Template(MODEL_DOC_TEMPLATE)
+        c = template.Context(locals())
+        html = t.render(c)
+
+        file_name = os.path.join(output_dir, 'model_' + model_name + '.html')
+        try:
+            fp = open(file_name, 'w')
+        except IOError:
+            sys.stderr.write("Couldn't write to %s.\n" % file_name)
+            continue
+        else:
+            fp.write(html)
+            fp.close()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import sys
+    make_docs_from_model_tests(sys.argv[1])
diff --git a/tests/runtests.py b/tests/runtests.py
index cbf8ad810dcdb..495ff36879cc2 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.py
+++ b/tests/runtests.py
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ def log_error(model_name, title, description):
         'description': description,
     })
 
+MODEL_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), APP_NAME, 'models')
+
+def get_test_models():
+    return [f[:-3] for f in os.listdir(MODEL_DIR) if f.endswith('.py') and not f.startswith('__init__')]
+
 class DjangoDoctestRunner(doctest.DocTestRunner):
     def __init__(self, verbosity_level, *args, **kwargs):
         self.verbosity_level = verbosity_level
@@ -51,13 +56,15 @@ def run_tests(self):
         # Manually set INSTALLED_APPS to point to the test app.
         settings.INSTALLED_APPS = (APP_NAME,)
 
-        # If we're using SQLite, it's more convient to test against an in-memory database
+        # If we're using SQLite, it's more convenient to test against an
+        # in-memory database.
         if settings.DATABASE_ENGINE == "sqlite3":
             global TEST_DATABASE_NAME
             TEST_DATABASE_NAME = ":memory:"
-        else:     
-            # Create the test database and connect to it. We need autocommit() because
-            # PostgreSQL doesn't allow CREATE DATABASE statements within transactions.
+        else:
+            # Create the test database and connect to it. We need autocommit()
+            # because PostgreSQL doesn't allow CREATE DATABASE statements
+            # within transactions.
             cursor = db.cursor()
             try:
                 db.connection.autocommit()
@@ -83,10 +90,8 @@ def run_tests(self):
         self.output(1, "Initializing test database")
         management.init()
 
-        # Run the tests for each model within APP_NAME/models.
-        model_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), APP_NAME, 'models')
-        test_models = [f[:-3] for f in os.listdir(model_dir) if f.endswith('.py') and not f.startswith('__init__')]
-        for model_name in test_models:
+        # Run the tests for each test model.
+        for model_name in get_test_models():
             self.output(1, "%s model: Importing" % model_name)
             try:
                 mod = meta.get_app(model_name)
@@ -106,9 +111,9 @@ def run_tests(self):
             self.output(1, "%s model: Running tests" % model_name)
             runner.run(dtest, clear_globs=True, out=sys.stdout.write)
 
-        # Unless we're using SQLite, remove the test database, to clean up after
-        # ourselves. Connect to the previous database (not the test database) 
-        # to do so, because it's not allowed to delete a database while being 
+        # Unless we're using SQLite, remove the test database to clean up after
+        # ourselves. Connect to the previous database (not the test database)
+        # to do so, because it's not allowed to delete a database while being
         # connected to it.
         if settings.DATABASE_ENGINE != "sqlite3":
             db.close()
diff --git a/tests/testapp/models/lookup.py b/tests/testapp/models/lookup.py
index 8eb0032036a98..6e8f61c22589e 100644
--- a/tests/testapp/models/lookup.py
+++ b/tests/testapp/models/lookup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """
 7. The lookup API
 
+This demonstrates features of the database API.
 """
 
 from django.core import meta