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diff --git a/docs/topics/settings.txt b/docs/topics/settings.txt
index 2d44a84364..55e8d221c3 100644
--- a/docs/topics/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/settings.txt
@@ -277,13 +277,15 @@ After you've either set :envvar:`DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE` or called
``configure()``, you'll need to call :func:`django.setup()` to load your
settings and populate Django's application registry. For example::
+ import django
from django.conf import settings
from myapp import myapp_defaults
settings.configure(default_settings=myapp_defaults, DEBUG=True)
django.setup()
- # Now this script can use any part of Django it needs.
+ # Now this script or any imported module can use any part of Django it needs.
+ from myapp import models
Note that calling ``django.setup()`` is only necessary if your code is truly
standalone. When invoked by your Web server, or through :doc:`django-admin