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diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt index 01fcb1a4ed..4eb16d4345 100644 --- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt +++ b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt @@ -217,6 +217,15 @@ Note that ``lambda``\s cannot be used for field options like ``default`` because they cannot be :ref:`serialized by migrations <migration-serializing>`. See that documentation for other caveats. +The default value is used when new model instances are created and a value +isn't provided for the field. When the field is a primary key, the default is +also used when the field is set to ``None``. + +.. versionchanged:: 1.8 + + The default wasn't used for ``None`` primary key values in previous + versions. + ``editable`` ------------ |