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authorTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2017-10-12 14:58:18 -0400
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2017-10-12 14:58:18 -0400
commit0edff2107f9cdd89737d2d33d1a40362ecde894c (patch)
tree5cdf07cafd102e914520af5951b6a00cac7213e5 /docs
parentf90be0a83ef5aa333b19e259faab73ee117d5339 (diff)
Refs #28248 -- Clarified the precision of PASSWORD_RESET_TIMEOUT_DAYS.
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diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
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@@ -2807,8 +2807,10 @@ the URL in two places (``settings`` and URLconf).
Default: ``3``
-The number of days a password reset link is valid for. Used by the
-:mod:`django.contrib.auth` password reset mechanism.
+The minimum number of days a password reset link is valid for. Depending on
+when the link is generated, it will be valid for up to a day longer.
+
+Used by the :class:`~django.contrib.auth.views.PasswordResetConfirmView`.
.. setting:: PASSWORD_HASHERS