Fixed #32219 -- Made InlineModelAdmin.verbose_name_plural fallback to its verbose_name.

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
index fc1eab44f1..e787349d5f 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
@@ -2453,13 +2453,19 @@ The ``InlineModelAdmin`` class adds or customizes:
 
 .. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.verbose_name
 
-    An override to the ``verbose_name`` found in the model's inner ``Meta``
-    class.
+    An override to the :attr:`~django.db.models.Options.verbose_name` from the
+    model's inner ``Meta`` class.
 
 .. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.verbose_name_plural
 
-    An override to the ``verbose_name_plural`` found in the model's inner
-    ``Meta`` class.
+    An override to the :attr:`~django.db.models.Options.verbose_name_plural`
+    from the model's inner ``Meta`` class. If this isn't given and the
+    :attr:`.InlineModelAdmin.verbose_name` is defined, Django will use
+    :attr:`.InlineModelAdmin.verbose_name` + ``'s'``.
+
+    .. versionchanged:: 4.0
+
+        The fallback to :attr:`.InlineModelAdmin.verbose_name` was added.
 
 .. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.can_delete
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/4.0.txt b/docs/releases/4.0.txt
index 7ae566d43a..8f910ad9db 100644
--- a/docs/releases/4.0.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/4.0.txt
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ Minor features
 * The new :attr:`.ModelAdmin.search_help_text` attribute allows specifying a
   descriptive text for the search box.
 
+* The :attr:`.InlineModelAdmin.verbose_name_plural` attribute now fallbacks to
+  the :attr:`.InlineModelAdmin.verbose_name` + ``'s'``.
+
 :mod:`django.contrib.admindocs`
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