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authorTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2015-03-28 08:54:59 -0400
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2015-03-28 08:54:59 -0400
commit6de3a1e2c34ae5bfcdec3ebbf3d682aa578ecae0 (patch)
treea1d47f1302e4134fa38c054cdecdec54c52c567d
parent3e132406e3a95b3fe54e75129013e10bf3e9e86a (diff)
Fixed #24541 -- Clarified ModelFormSet's handling of initial data.
-rw-r--r--docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt
index b660308891..4a44de2d2a 100644
--- a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt
@@ -861,7 +861,8 @@ As with regular formsets, it's possible to :ref:`specify initial data
parameter when instantiating the model formset class returned by
:func:`~django.forms.models.modelformset_factory`. However, with model
formsets, the initial values only apply to extra forms, those that aren't
-attached to an existing model instance.
+attached to an existing model instance. If the extra forms with initial data
+aren't changed by the user, they won't be validated or saved.
.. _saving-objects-in-the-formset: