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@@ -361,6 +361,9 @@ every *second* object of the first 10::
>>> Entry.objects.all()[:10:2]
+Further filtering or ordering of a sliced queryset is prohibited due to the
+ambiguous nature of how that might work.
+
To retrieve a *single* object rather than a list
(e.g. ``SELECT foo FROM bar LIMIT 1``), use a simple index instead of a
slice. For example, this returns the first ``Entry`` in the database, after