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authorTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2013-01-18 18:38:12 -0500
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2013-01-18 18:39:29 -0500
commitf6257a147df0be2f21c390ad10f6cd724b99cd93 (patch)
treedfb74bd866d6d57c6ac974c9b721ffccb43cb511 /docs
parentd90abcc9dad9b239e77aa67bfdd0c431072e2434 (diff)
[1.5.x] Fixed #19628 - Noted that app for custom user model must be in INSTALLED_APPS
Thanks dpravdin and Jordan Messina. Backport of 0375244eae from master
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diff --git a/docs/topics/auth/customizing.txt b/docs/topics/auth/customizing.txt
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--- a/docs/topics/auth/customizing.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/auth/customizing.txt
@@ -398,8 +398,9 @@ the :setting:`AUTH_USER_MODEL` setting that references a custom model::
AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'myapp.MyUser'
-This dotted pair describes the name of the Django app, and the name of the Django
-model that you wish to use as your User model.
+This dotted pair describes the name of the Django app (which must be in your
+:setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`), and the name of the Django model that you wish to
+use as your User model.
.. admonition:: Warning