diff --git a/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css b/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css
index d19d6a442..7ef011cec 100644
--- a/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css
+++ b/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css
@@ -4693,12 +4693,12 @@ input[type="submit"].btn.btn-mini {
           box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
 }
 
-.pagination li {
+.pagination ul > li {
   display: inline;
 }
 
-.pagination a,
-.pagination span {
+.pagination ul > li > a,
+.pagination ul > li > span {
   float: left;
   padding: 0 14px;
   line-height: 38px;
@@ -4708,36 +4708,36 @@ input[type="submit"].btn.btn-mini {
   border-left-width: 0;
 }
 
-.pagination a:hover,
-.pagination .active a,
-.pagination .active span {
+.pagination ul > li > a:hover,
+.pagination ul > .active > a,
+.pagination ul > .active > span {
   background-color: #f5f5f5;
 }
 
-.pagination .active a,
-.pagination .active span {
+.pagination ul > .active > a,
+.pagination ul > .active > span {
   color: #999999;
   cursor: default;
 }
 
-.pagination .disabled span,
-.pagination .disabled a,
-.pagination .disabled a:hover {
+.pagination ul > .disabled > span,
+.pagination ul > .disabled > a,
+.pagination ul > .disabled > a:hover {
   color: #999999;
   cursor: default;
   background-color: transparent;
 }
 
-.pagination li:first-child a,
-.pagination li:first-child span {
+.pagination ul > li:first-child > a,
+.pagination ul > li:first-child > span {
   border-left-width: 1px;
   -webkit-border-radius: 3px 0 0 3px;
      -moz-border-radius: 3px 0 0 3px;
           border-radius: 3px 0 0 3px;
 }
 
-.pagination li:last-child a,
-.pagination li:last-child span {
+.pagination ul > li:last-child > a,
+.pagination ul > li:last-child > span {
   -webkit-border-radius: 0 3px 3px 0;
      -moz-border-radius: 0 3px 3px 0;
           border-radius: 0 3px 3px 0;
diff --git a/docs/components.html b/docs/components.html
index 4eccbbc9e..f47aecbf1 100644
--- a/docs/components.html
+++ b/docs/components.html
@@ -1473,13 +1473,23 @@
             </div>
           </div>
 <pre class="prettyprint linenums">
-&lt;div class="pagination "&gt;
+&lt;div class="pagination"&gt;
   &lt;ul&gt;
     &lt;li class="disabled"&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;Prev&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
     &lt;li class="active"&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
     ...
   &lt;/ul&gt;
 &lt;/div&gt;
+</pre>
+          <p>You can optionally swap out active or disabled anchors for spans to remove click functionality while retaining intended styles.</p>
+<pre class="prettyprint linenums">
+&lt;div class="pagination"&gt;
+  &lt;ul&gt;
+    &lt;li class="disabled"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Prev&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+    &lt;li class="active"&gt;&lt;span&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+    ...
+  &lt;/ul&gt;
+&lt;/div&gt;
 </pre>
 
           <h3>Alignment</h3>
diff --git a/docs/templates/pages/components.mustache b/docs/templates/pages/components.mustache
index ef02c464a..53936e5d0 100644
--- a/docs/templates/pages/components.mustache
+++ b/docs/templates/pages/components.mustache
@@ -1402,13 +1402,23 @@
             </div>
           </div>
 <pre class="prettyprint linenums">
-&lt;div class="pagination "&gt;
+&lt;div class="pagination"&gt;
   &lt;ul&gt;
     &lt;li class="disabled"&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;Prev&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
     &lt;li class="active"&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
     ...
   &lt;/ul&gt;
 &lt;/div&gt;
+</pre>
+          <p>{{_i}}You can optionally swap out active or disabled anchors for spans to remove click functionality while retaining intended styles.{{/i}}</p>
+<pre class="prettyprint linenums">
+&lt;div class="pagination"&gt;
+  &lt;ul&gt;
+    &lt;li class="disabled"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Prev&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+    &lt;li class="active"&gt;&lt;span&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+    ...
+  &lt;/ul&gt;
+&lt;/div&gt;
 </pre>
 
           <h3>{{_i}}Alignment{{/i}}</h3>
diff --git a/less/pagination.less b/less/pagination.less
index 2c19880c0..61a760be5 100644
--- a/less/pagination.less
+++ b/less/pagination.less
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
   .border-radius(3px);
   .box-shadow(0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.05));
 }
-.pagination li {
-    display: inline;
-  }
-.pagination a,
-.pagination span {
+.pagination ul > li {
+  display: inline;
+}
+.pagination ul > li > a,
+.pagination ul > li > span {
   float: left;
   padding: 0 14px;
   line-height: (@baseLineHeight * 2) - 2;
@@ -28,30 +28,30 @@
   border: 1px solid @paginationBorder;
   border-left-width: 0;
 }
-.pagination a:hover,
-.pagination .active a,
-.pagination .active span {
+.pagination ul > li > a:hover,
+.pagination ul > .active > a,
+.pagination ul > .active > span {
   background-color: #f5f5f5;
 }
-.pagination .active a,
-.pagination .active span {
+.pagination ul > .active > a,
+.pagination ul > .active > span {
   color: @grayLight;
   cursor: default;
 }
-.pagination .disabled span,
-.pagination .disabled a,
-.pagination .disabled a:hover {
+.pagination ul > .disabled > span,
+.pagination ul > .disabled > a,
+.pagination ul > .disabled > a:hover {
   color: @grayLight;
   background-color: transparent;
   cursor: default;
 }
-.pagination li:first-child a,
-.pagination li:first-child span {
+.pagination ul > li:first-child > a,
+.pagination ul > li:first-child > span {
   border-left-width: 1px;
   .border-radius(3px 0 0 3px);
 }
-.pagination li:last-child a,
-.pagination li:last-child span {
+.pagination ul > li:last-child > a,
+.pagination ul > li:last-child > span {
   .border-radius(0 3px 3px 0);
 }