diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index da75c5a..b014e7a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -90,5 +90,5 @@ a readily setup project that uses django-multiselectfield. You can run it as usu
 ::
 
     python manage.py syncdb --noinput
-    python manage.py loaddata data
+    python manage.py loaddata app_data
     python manage.py runserver
diff --git a/multiselectfield/db/fields.py b/multiselectfield/db/fields.py
index f6af738..59f49e8 100644
--- a/multiselectfield/db/fields.py
+++ b/multiselectfield/db/fields.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class MultiSelectField(models.CharField):
     def contribute_to_class(self, cls, name):
         super(MultiSelectField, self).contribute_to_class(cls, name)
         if self.choices:
-            def get_display(obj):
+            def get_list(obj):
                 fieldname = name
                 choicedict = dict(self.choices)
                 display = []
@@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ class MultiSelectField(models.CharField):
                             except (ValueError, TypeError):
                                 item_display = value
                         display.append(string_type(item_display))
-                return ", ".join(display)
+                return display
+
+            def get_display(obj):
+                return ", ".join(get_list(obj))
+
+            setattr(cls, 'get_%s_list' % self.name, get_list)
             setattr(cls, 'get_%s_display' % self.name, get_display)
 
 MultiSelectField = add_metaclass(models.SubfieldBase)(MultiSelectField)