diff --git a/docs/basic-usage.rst b/docs/basic-usage.rst
index 6f52e64d..01d86afb 100644
--- a/docs/basic-usage.rst
+++ b/docs/basic-usage.rst
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ automatically rendered through the ``render_pagination`` macro::
   {{render_pagination(query_results)}}
 
 .. py:function:: render_pagination(pagination,\
-                     endpoint,\
+                     endpoint=None,\
                      prev='«',\
                      next='»',\
                      ellipses='…',\
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ automatically rendered through the ``render_pagination`` macro::
    :param pagination: :class:`~flask.ext.sqlalchemy.Pagination` instance.
    :param endpoint: Which endpoint to call when a page number is clicked.
                     :func:`~flask.url_for` will be called with the given
-                    endpoint and a single parameter, ``page``.
+                    endpoint and a single parameter, ``page``. If ``None``,
+                    uses the requests current endpoint.
    :param prev: Symbol/text to use for the "previous page" button. If
                 ``None``, the button will be hidden.
    :param next: Symbol/text to use for the "previous next" button. If
diff --git a/flask_bootstrap/templates/bootstrap/pagination.html b/flask_bootstrap/templates/bootstrap/pagination.html
index 704db87c..28360dc3 100644
--- a/flask_bootstrap/templates/bootstrap/pagination.html
+++ b/flask_bootstrap/templates/bootstrap/pagination.html
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 {% macro render_pagination(pagination,
-                           endpoint,
+                           endpoint=None,
                            prev=('«')|safe,
                            next=('»')|safe,
                            ellipses='…')
 -%}
+{% with endpoint = endpoint or request.endpoint %}
 <nav>
   <ul class="pagination"{{kwargs|xmlattr}}>
   {# prev and next are only show if a symbol has been passed. #}
@@ -28,4 +29,5 @@
   {%- endif -%}
   </ul>
 </nav>
+{% endwith %}
 {% endmacro %}