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diff --git a/docs/topics/db/managers.txt b/docs/topics/db/managers.txt index 1b34bea69b..aa41eb648d 100644 --- a/docs/topics/db/managers.txt +++ b/docs/topics/db/managers.txt @@ -214,11 +214,13 @@ appropriate for your circumstances, you can tell Django which class to use by setting :attr:`Meta.base_manager_name <django.db.models.Options.base_manager_name>`. -Base managers aren't used when querying on related models. For example, if the -``Question`` model :ref:`from the tutorial <creating-models>` had a ``deleted`` -field and a base manager that filters out instances with ``deleted=True``, a -queryset like ``Choice.objects.filter(question__name__startswith='What')`` -would include choices related to deleted questions. +Base managers aren't used when querying on related models, or when +:ref:`accessing a one-to-many or many-to-many relationship +<backwards-related-objects>`. For example, if the ``Question`` model +:ref:`from the tutorial <creating-models>` had a ``deleted`` field and a base +manager that filters out instances with ``deleted=True``, a queryset like +``Choice.objects.filter(question__name__startswith='What')`` would include +choices related to deleted questions. Don't filter away any results in this type of manager subclass ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |