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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt | 4 |
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diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt index 0ca37745c7..8159c8850c 100644 --- a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt +++ b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt @@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ The first time you call ``is_valid()`` or access the ``errors`` attribute of a well as :ref:`model validation <validating-objects>`. This has the side-effect of cleaning the model you pass to the ``ModelForm`` constructor. For instance, calling ``is_valid()`` on your form will convert any date fields on your model -to actual date objects. +to actual date objects. If form validation fails, only some of the updates +may be applied. For this reason, you'll probably want to avoid reusing the +model instance. The ``save()`` method |