diff --git a/docs/api-guide/schemas.md b/docs/api-guide/schemas.md
index 7a1d047b1..1290f6948 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/schemas.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/schemas.md
@@ -147,8 +147,11 @@ May be used to pass a canonical URL for the schema.
 
 #### `urlconf`
 
-May be used to pass a nondefault url configuration
-useful for `Django multihost snippet`
+String representing import path to the URL conf that you want
+to generate an API schema for. This defaults to the value of Django's
+ROOT_URLCONF setting.
+
+Useful for `Django multihost snippet`
 https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/MultiHostMiddleware
 
     schema_view = get_schema_view(