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-rw-r--r--docs/ref/settings.txt2
-rw-r--r--docs/releases/1.6.2.txt5
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index e4dfa7fbfe..0fa463ebb9 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -2535,7 +2535,7 @@ Settings for :mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles`.
STATIC_ROOT
-----------
-Default: ``''`` (Empty string)
+Default: ``None``
The absolute path to the directory where :djadmin:`collectstatic` will collect
static files for deployment.
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.6.2.txt b/docs/releases/1.6.2.txt
index 41bc86e906..6043d21815 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.6.2.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.6.2.txt
@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@ Bug fixes
* Fixed a crash when executing the :djadmin:`changepassword` command when the
user object representation contained non-ASCII characters (#21627).
+
+* The :djadmin:`collectstatic` command will raise an error rather than
+ default to using the current working directory if :setting:`STATIC_ROOT` is
+ not set. Combined with the ``--clear`` option, the previous behavior could
+ wipe anything below the current working directory.