Fixed #16965 -- Clarified Formset can_delete docs.

Thanks gregcorey@ for the suggestion.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt b/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt
index 29139c5dea..470d9f52e4 100644
--- a/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ happen when the user changes these values::
 
 Default: ``False``
 
-Lets you create a formset with the ability to delete::
+Lets you create a formset with the ability to select forms for deletion::
 
     >>> from django.forms.formsets import formset_factory
     >>> from myapp.forms import ArticleForm
@@ -461,6 +461,13 @@ delete fields you can access them with ``deleted_forms``::
     >>> [form.cleaned_data for form in formset.deleted_forms]
     [{'DELETE': True, 'pub_date': datetime.date(2008, 5, 10), 'title': u'Article #1'}]
 
+If you are using a :class:`ModelFormSet<django.forms.models.BaseModelFormSet>`,
+model instances for deleted forms will be deleted when you call
+``formset.save()``. On the other hand, if you are using a plain ``FormSet``,
+it's up to you to handle ``formset.deleted_forms``, perhaps in your formset's
+``save()`` method, as there's no general notion of what it means to delete a
+form.
+
 Adding additional fields to a formset
 -------------------------------------
 
@@ -559,8 +566,8 @@ If you manually render fields in the template, you can render
     </form>
 
 
-Similarly, if the formset has the ability to order (``can_order=True``), it is possible to render it
-with ``{{ form.ORDER }}``.
+Similarly, if the formset has the ability to order (``can_order=True``), it is
+possible to render it with ``{{ form.ORDER }}``.
 
 Using more than one formset in a view
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~