Removed request.REQUEST per deprecation timeline; refs #18659.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/request-response.txt b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
index 1375ba10e5..41e6d3dcdc 100644
--- a/docs/ref/request-response.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
@@ -108,21 +108,6 @@ All attributes should be considered read-only, unless stated otherwise below.
 
     Note: ``POST`` does *not* include file-upload information. See ``FILES``.
 
-.. attribute:: HttpRequest.REQUEST
-
-    .. deprecated:: 1.7
-        Use the more explicit ``GET`` and ``POST`` instead.
-
-    For convenience, a dictionary-like object that searches ``POST`` first,
-    then ``GET``. Inspired by PHP's ``$_REQUEST``.
-
-    For example, if ``GET = {"name": "john"}`` and ``POST = {"age": '34'}``,
-    ``REQUEST["name"]`` would be ``"john"``, and ``REQUEST["age"]`` would be
-    ``"34"``.
-
-    It's strongly suggested that you use ``GET`` and ``POST`` instead of
-    ``REQUEST``, because the former are more explicit.
-
 .. attribute:: HttpRequest.COOKIES
 
     A standard Python dictionary containing all cookies. Keys and values are
diff --git a/docs/topics/http/middleware.txt b/docs/topics/http/middleware.txt
index cc7607da0a..7e1e01dd87 100644
--- a/docs/topics/http/middleware.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/http/middleware.txt
@@ -130,12 +130,11 @@ view; it'll apply response middleware to that
 
 .. note::
 
-    Accessing :attr:`request.POST <django.http.HttpRequest.POST>` or
-    :attr:`request.REQUEST <django.http.HttpRequest.REQUEST>` inside middleware
-    from ``process_request`` or ``process_view`` will prevent any view running
-    after the middleware from being able to :ref:`modify the upload handlers
-    for the request <modifying_upload_handlers_on_the_fly>`, and should
-    normally be avoided.
+    Accessing :attr:`request.POST <django.http.HttpRequest.POST>` inside
+    middleware from ``process_request`` or ``process_view`` will prevent any
+    view running after the middleware from being able to :ref:`modify the
+    upload handlers for the request <modifying_upload_handlers_on_the_fly>`,
+    and should normally be avoided.
 
     The :class:`~django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware` class can be
     considered an exception, as it provides the