[1.7.x] Fixed #23558 -- documented slugify limitations

Backport of 03467368db from master

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/django/utils/text.py b/django/utils/text.py
index df6e1d0c46..34535d6455 100644
--- a/django/utils/text.py
+++ b/django/utils/text.py
@@ -435,9 +435,9 @@ unescape_string_literal = allow_lazy(unescape_string_literal)
 
 def slugify(value):
     """
-    Converts to lowercase, removes non-word characters (alphanumerics and
-    underscores) and converts spaces to hyphens. Also strips leading and
-    trailing whitespace.
+    Converts to ASCII. Converts spaces to hyphens. Removes characters that
+    aren't alphanumerics, underscores, or hyphens. Converts to lowercase.
+    Also strips leading and trailing whitespace.
     """
     value = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', value).encode('ascii', 'ignore').decode('ascii')
     value = re.sub('[^\w\s-]', '', value).strip().lower()