diff --git a/docs/db-api.txt b/docs/db-api.txt
index 405ed87cef7e3..a15c45d37b569 100644
--- a/docs/db-api.txt
+++ b/docs/db-api.txt
@@ -1061,7 +1061,12 @@ they query the database each time they're called.
 Returns the object matching the given lookup parameters, which should be in
 the format described in `Field lookups`_.
 
-``get()`` raises ``AssertionError`` if more than one object was found.
+``get()`` raises ``MultipleObjectsReturned`` if more than one object was found.
+The ``MultipleObjectsReturned`` exception is an attribute of the model class.
+For example, the following will raise ``MultipleObjectsReturned`` if there
+are more than one authors with the name of 'John'::
+
+	Author.objects.get(name='John') # raises Author.MultipleObjectsReturned
 
 ``get()`` raises a ``DoesNotExist`` exception if an object wasn't found for the
 given parameters. The ``DoesNotExist`` exception is an attribute of the model