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@@ -2474,7 +2474,9 @@ Default: ``False``
A boolean that specifies whether to display numbers using a thousand separator.
When :setting:`USE_L10N` is set to ``True`` and if this is also set to
``True``, Django will use the values of :setting:`THOUSAND_SEPARATOR` and
-:setting:`NUMBER_GROUPING` to format numbers.
+:setting:`NUMBER_GROUPING` to format numbers unless the locale already has an
+existing thousands separator. If there is a thousands separator in the locale
+format, it will have higher precedence and will be applied instead.
See also :setting:`DECIMAL_SEPARATOR`, :setting:`NUMBER_GROUPING` and
:setting:`THOUSAND_SEPARATOR`.