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diff --git a/docs/modelforms.txt b/docs/modelforms.txt index 47eaa9a769..05f9b1b3d4 100644 --- a/docs/modelforms.txt +++ b/docs/modelforms.txt @@ -231,6 +231,16 @@ For example:: # Create and save the new author instance. There's no need to do anything else. >>> new_author = f.save() +Other than the ``save()`` and ``save_m2m()`` methods, a ``ModelForm`` +works exactly the same way as any other ``newforms`` form. For +example, the ``is_valid()`` method is used to check for validity, the +``is_multipart()`` method is used to determine whether a form requires +multipart file upload (and hence whether ``request.FILES`` must be +passed to the form), etc.; see `the standard newforms documentation`_ +for more information. + +.. _the standard newforms documentation: ../newforms/ + Using a subset of fields on the form ------------------------------------ |