[1.5.x] Fixed #19280 -- Raised an explicit exception for the old {% url %} syntax.

Backport of 6b8a7ce.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
index 656cbedecd..a3d3d66f0d 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
@@ -1024,6 +1024,16 @@ This will follow the normal :ref:`namespaced URL resolution strategy
 <topics-http-reversing-url-namespaces>`, including using any hints provided
 by the context as to the current application.
 
+.. warning::
+
+    Don't forget to put quotes around the function path or pattern name!
+
+    .. versionchanged:: 1.5
+        The first paramater used not to be quoted, which was inconsistent with
+        other template tags. Since Django 1.5, it is evaluated according to
+        the usual rules: it can be a quoted string or a variable that will be
+        looked up in the context.
+
 .. templatetag:: verbatim
 
 verbatim