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authorTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2013-02-23 15:33:43 -0500
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2013-02-23 15:33:58 -0500
commit2683e8ea2098dd8d49229497648fa625caab0057 (patch)
treecac081c7ddbbe3143d68131c2917baeaddb1efd4
parenta97c441e18684570fbecd47b19bd47b4c06cc565 (diff)
[1.5.X] Fixed #19579 - Documented that "providing_args" is purely documentational.
Backport of 4c05fdb467 from master
-rw-r--r--docs/topics/signals.txt3
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diff --git a/docs/topics/signals.txt b/docs/topics/signals.txt
index 5ea0895c42..d611da4a37 100644
--- a/docs/topics/signals.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/signals.txt
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ Defining signals
All signals are :class:`django.dispatch.Signal` instances. The
``providing_args`` is a list of the names of arguments the signal will provide
-to listeners.
+to listeners. This is purely documentational, however, as there is nothing that
+checks that the signal actually provides these arguments to its listeners.
For example: