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@@ -403,6 +403,12 @@ example::
raise forms.ValidationError("Did not send for 'help' in "
"the subject despite CC'ing yourself.")
+.. versionchanged:: 1.7
+
+ In previous versions of Django, ``form.clean()`` was required to return
+ a dictionary of ``cleaned_data``. This method may still return a dictionary
+ of data to be used, but it's no longer required.
+
In this code, if the validation error is raised, the form will display an
error message at the top of the form (normally) describing the problem.