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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/topics/auth/default.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/topics/auth/default.txt b/docs/topics/auth/default.txt index aed6187a37..6cdda816a6 100644 --- a/docs/topics/auth/default.txt +++ b/docs/topics/auth/default.txt @@ -354,8 +354,8 @@ If you have an authenticated user you want to attach to the current session .. admonition:: Calling ``authenticate()`` first - When you're manually logging a user in, you *must* call - :func:`~django.contrib.auth.authenticate()` before you call + When you're manually logging a user in, you *must* successfully authenticate + the user with :func:`~django.contrib.auth.authenticate()` before you call :func:`~django.contrib.auth.login()`. :func:`~django.contrib.auth.authenticate()` sets an attribute on the :class:`~django.contrib.auth.models.User` noting |