Fixed #25132 -- Documented how to retrieve a single value using values_list() and get().

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt b/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
index 61bf4afa2c..6125cfb44a 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
@@ -625,6 +625,12 @@ It is an error to pass in ``flat`` when there is more than one field.
 If you don't pass any values to ``values_list()``, it will return all the
 fields in the model, in the order they were declared.
 
+A common need is to get a specific field value of a certain model instance. To
+achieve that, use ``values_list()`` followed by a ``get()`` call::
+
+    >>> Entry.objects.values_list('headline', flat=True).get(pk=1)
+    'First entry'
+
 dates
 ~~~~~