[2.2.x] Fixed #30597 -- Clarified how to unapply migrations.

Backport of 45554fd5c5c6a536db3ce70d78646d3dc398cf08 from master

2 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
index 8590739fed..2e076095d6 100644
--- a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
@@ -801,8 +801,8 @@ The behavior of this command changes depending on the arguments provided:
 * ``<app_label> <migrationname>``: Brings the database schema to a state where
   the named migration is applied, but no later migrations in the same app are
   applied. This may involve unapplying migrations if you have previously
-  migrated past the named migration. Use the name ``zero`` to unapply all
-  migrations for an app.
+  migrated past the named migration. Use the name ``zero`` to migrate all the
+  way back i.e. to revert all applied migrations for an app.
 
 .. warning::
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/migrations.txt b/docs/topics/migrations.txt
index d71816d9a3..871f61a7b6 100644
--- a/docs/topics/migrations.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/migrations.txt
@@ -349,6 +349,30 @@ Note that this only works given two things:
   that your database doesn't match your models, you'll just get errors when
   migrations try to modify those tables.
 
+Reverting migrations
+====================
+
+Any migration can be reverted with :djadmin:`migrate` by using the number of
+previous migrations::
+
+    $ python manage.py migrate books 0002
+    Operations to perform:
+      Target specific migration: 0002_auto, from books
+    Running migrations:
+      Rendering model states... DONE
+      Unapplying books.0003_auto... OK
+
+If you want to revert all migrations applied for an app, use the name
+``zero``::
+
+    $ python manage.py migrate books zero
+    Operations to perform:
+      Unapply all migrations: books
+    Running migrations:
+      Rendering model states... DONE
+      Unapplying books.0002_auto... OK
+      Unapplying books.0001_initial... OK
+
 .. _historical-models:
 
 Historical models