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authormelipone <mark.gensler@gmail.com>2018-09-06 12:00:45 +0100
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2018-09-10 15:56:45 -0400
commit24b3aa0275717029f658906c6fbc2e8fec28949e (patch)
treeeb8e78d499fb714592f30d4910972a3db9398ed3 /docs/topics
parent1853e2dbf2e290ec04e3389d523bbe4bad94a42e (diff)
[2.1.x] Fixed #16995 -- Clarified interaction of initial and extra with model formsets.
Backport of 28dac56aed1c8c9923b52a1ac3606996f9820b30 from master
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diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt
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--- a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt
@@ -877,8 +877,10 @@ As with regular formsets, it's possible to :ref:`specify initial data
parameter when instantiating the model formset class returned by
:func:`~django.forms.models.modelformset_factory`. However, with model
formsets, the initial values only apply to extra forms, those that aren't
-attached to an existing model instance. If the extra forms with initial data
-aren't changed by the user, they won't be validated or saved.
+attached to an existing model instance. If the length of ``initial`` exceeds
+the number of extra forms, the excess initial data is ignored. If the extra
+forms with initial data aren't changed by the user, they won't be validated or
+saved.
.. _saving-objects-in-the-formset: