[1.6.x] Fixed #22007 -- Fixed cbv docs - make imports consistent

Thanks to trac user kinjal.dixit for the report.

Backport of d399731bf29bf842c756a77ff8a58706bac3d65f from master.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/coding-style.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/coding-style.txt
index ff97aa3ce4..c000d1a9dc 100644
--- a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/coding-style.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/coding-style.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ Python style
 * Use ``InitialCaps`` for class names (or for factory functions that
   return classes).
 
+* Use convenience imports whenever available. For example, do this::
+
+      from django.views.generic import View
+
+  Don't do this::
+
+      from django.views.generic.base import View
+
 * In docstrings, use "action words" such as::
 
       def foo():