Deprecated dirs argument to override TEMPLATE_DIRS.

Cancels 2f0566fa. Refs #4278.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
index 834e57e006..c86b7873ae 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
@@ -659,25 +659,27 @@ The Python API
     the template with the given name. If the template doesn't exist, it raises
     ``django.template.TemplateDoesNotExist``.
 
-    To override the :setting:`TEMPLATE_DIRS` setting, use the ``dirs``
-    parameter. The ``dirs`` parameter may be a tuple or list.
-
     .. versionchanged:: 1.7
 
        The ``dirs`` parameter was added.
 
+    .. versionchanged:: 1.8
+
+       The ``dirs`` parameter was deprecated.
+
 .. function:: select_template(template_name_list[, dirs])
 
     ``select_template`` is just like ``get_template``, except it takes a list
     of template names. Of the list, it returns the first template that exists.
 
-    To override the :setting:`TEMPLATE_DIRS` setting, use the ``dirs``
-    parameter. The ``dirs`` parameter may be a tuple or list.
-
     .. versionchanged:: 1.7
 
        The ``dirs`` parameter was added.
 
+    .. versionchanged:: 1.8
+
+       The ``dirs`` parameter was deprecated.
+
 For example, if you call ``get_template('story_detail.html')`` and have the
 above :setting:`TEMPLATE_DIRS` setting, here are the files Django will look for,
 in order: