[4.2.x] Refs #31435 -- Doc'd potential infinite recursion when accessing model fields in __init__.

Backport of e47298aec4fa04416e7082331fbd44bd9f2662aa from main

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diff --git a/docs/ref/models/instances.txt b/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
index 8d2aa637f2..deb2c8d8ee 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ need to :meth:`~Model.save()`.
     You may be tempted to customize the model by overriding the ``__init__``
     method. If you do so, however, take care not to change the calling
     signature as any change may prevent the model instance from being saved.
-    Rather than overriding ``__init__``, try using one of these approaches:
+    Additionally, referring to model fields within ``__init__`` may potentially
+    result in infinite recursion errors in some circumstances.  Rather than
+    overriding ``__init__``, try using one of these approaches:
 
     #. Add a classmethod on the model class::