diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3d76f33..cb85a5f 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ Besides ``LocalizedField``, there's also:
 
     Allows storing integers in multiple languages. This works exactly like ``LocalizedField`` except that
     all values must be integers. Do note that values are stored as strings in your database because
-    the backing field type is ``hstore``, which only allows storing integers. The ``LocalizedIntegerField``
+    the backing field type is ``hstore``, which only allows storing strings. The ``LocalizedIntegerField``
     takes care of ensuring that all values are integers and converts the stored strings back to integers
     when retrieving them from the database. Do not expect to be able to do queries such as:
 
diff --git a/localized_fields/value.py b/localized_fields/value.py
index 85c90cc..1c738d8 100644
--- a/localized_fields/value.py
+++ b/localized_fields/value.py
@@ -233,4 +233,4 @@ class LocalizedIntegerValue(LocalizedValue):
         """Returns string representation of value"""
 
         value = self.translate()
-        return str(value) if value is not None else None
+        return str(value) if value is not None else ''