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diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/index.txt b/docs/topics/forms/index.txt index 86de7d1b06..79bf30a5ab 100644 --- a/docs/topics/forms/index.txt +++ b/docs/topics/forms/index.txt @@ -370,9 +370,11 @@ ready to learn a bit more about the underlying machinery. More about Django :class:`Form` classes ======================================= -All form classes are created as subclasses of :class:`django.forms.Form`, -including the :doc:`ModelForm </topics/forms/modelforms>`, which you encounter -in Django's admin. +All form classes are created as subclasses of either :class:`django.forms.Form` +or :class:`django.forms.ModelForm`. You can think of ``ModelForm`` as a +subclass of ``Form``. ``Form`` and ``ModelForm`` actually inherit common +functionality from a (private) ``BaseForm`` class, but this implementation +detail is rarely important. .. admonition:: Models and Forms |