diff --git a/scripts/startup/bl_ui/generic_ui_list.py b/scripts/startup/bl_ui/generic_ui_list.py
index 76de60204af..83ece19a473 100644
--- a/scripts/startup/bl_ui/generic_ui_list.py
+++ b/scripts/startup/bl_ui/generic_ui_list.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def draw_ui_list(
         context,
         class_name="UI_UL_list",
         *,
-        unique_id="",
+        unique_id,
         list_path,
         active_index_path,
         insertion_operators=True,
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def draw_ui_list(
     :type context: :class:`Context`
     :arg class_name: Name of the UIList class to draw. The default is the UIList class that ships with Blender.
     :type class_name: str
-    :arg unique_id: Optional identifier, in case wanting to draw multiple unique copies of a list.
+    :arg unique_id: Unique identifier to differentiate this from other UI lists.
     :type unique_id: str
     :arg list_path: Data path of the list relative to context, eg. "object.vertex_groups".
     :type list_path: str
diff --git a/scripts/templates_py/ui_list_generic.py b/scripts/templates_py/ui_list_generic.py
index d33075ddd65..4113a99d681 100644
--- a/scripts/templates_py/ui_list_generic.py
+++ b/scripts/templates_py/ui_list_generic.py
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ class MyPanel(bpy.types.Panel):
         draw_ui_list(
             layout,
             context,
-            list_context_path="scene.my_list",
-            active_index_context_path="scene.my_list_active_index"
+            list_path="scene.my_list",
+            active_index_path="scene.my_list_active_index",
+            unique_id="my_list_id",
         )