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@@ -354,11 +354,12 @@ Specifies the database to flush. Defaults to ``default``.
``inspectdb``
-------------
-.. django-admin:: inspectdb
+.. django-admin:: inspectdb [table [table ...]]
Introspects the database tables in the database pointed-to by the
:setting:`NAME` setting and outputs a Django model module (a ``models.py``
-file) to standard output.
+file) to standard output. You may choose what tables to inspect by passing
+their names as arguments.
Use this if you have a legacy database with which you'd like to use Django.
The script will inspect the database and create a model for each table within
@@ -406,6 +407,11 @@ table's lifecycle, you'll need to change the
:attr:`~django.db.models.Options.managed` option to ``True`` (or simply remove
it because ``True`` is its default value).
+.. versionadded:: 1.10
+
+ Support for the ``table`` argument(s) to choose what tables should be
+ inspected was added.
+
.. django-admin-option:: --database DATABASE
Specifies the database to introspect. Defaults to ``default``.