Fixed #26190 -- Returned handle() result from call_command

Thanks Tim Graham for the review.

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
index 87753b28bd..6a7752f40c 100644
--- a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
@@ -1793,6 +1793,14 @@ Command options which take multiple options are passed a list::
 
       management.call_command('dumpdata', exclude=['contenttypes', 'auth'])
 
+The return value of the ``call_command()`` function is the same as the return
+value of the ``handle()`` method of the command.
+
+.. versionchanged:: 1.10
+
+    ``call_command()`` now returns the value received from the
+    ``command.handle()`` method.
+
 Output redirection
 ==================
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.10.txt b/docs/releases/1.10.txt
index db6b730670..658a3646bd 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.10.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.10.txt
@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ Internationalization
 Management Commands
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+* :func:`~django.core.management.call_command` now returns the value returned
+  from the ``command.handle()`` method.
+
 * The new :option:`check --fail-level` option allows specifying the message
   level that will cause the command to exit with a non-zero status.