Fixed #20199 -- Allow ModelForm fields to override error_messages from model fields

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/releases/1.6.txt b/docs/releases/1.6.txt
index 7d449edbe5..f260a1eac0 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.6.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.6.txt
@@ -318,6 +318,13 @@ Minor features
 * Formsets now have a
   :meth:`~django.forms.formsets.BaseFormSet.total_error_count` method.
 
+* :class:`~django.forms.ModelForm` fields can now override error messages
+  defined in model fields by using the
+  :attr:`~django.forms.Field.error_messages` argument of a ``Field``'s
+  constructor. To take advantage of this new feature with your custom fields,
+  :ref:`see the updated recommendation <raising-validation-error>` for raising
+  a ``ValidationError``.
+
 Backwards incompatible changes in 1.6
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