Fixed #29423 -- Documented Field.value_from_object().

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/docs/howto/custom-model-fields.txt b/docs/howto/custom-model-fields.txt
index 8ecfee8709..9d7e28b164 100644
--- a/docs/howto/custom-model-fields.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/custom-model-fields.txt
@@ -679,8 +679,8 @@ Converting field data for serialization
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 To customize how the values are serialized by a serializer, you can override
-:meth:`~Field.value_to_string`. Using ``value_from_object()`` is the best way
-to get the field's value prior to serialization. For example, since our
+:meth:`~Field.value_to_string`. Using :meth:`~Field.value_from_object` is the
+best way to get the field's value prior to serialization. For example, since
 ``HandField`` uses strings for its data storage anyway, we can reuse some
 existing conversion code::
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
index c696b770b3..5fc785fb18 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
@@ -1857,6 +1857,12 @@ Field API reference
     Besides saving to the database, the field also needs to know how to
     serialize its value:
 
+    .. method:: value_from_object(obj)
+
+        Returns the field's value for the given model instance.
+
+        This method is often used by :meth:`value_to_string`.
+
     .. method:: value_to_string(obj)
 
         Converts ``obj`` to a string. Used to serialize the value of the field.