Fixed #24139 -- Changed HttpResponse.reason_phrase to evaluate based on status_code.

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/request-response.txt b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
index 0a7a75cdc7..a555ba76eb 100644
--- a/docs/ref/request-response.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
@@ -631,6 +631,12 @@ Attributes
 
     The `HTTP status code`_ for the response.
 
+    .. versionchanged:: 1.9
+
+        Unless :attr:`reason_phrase` is explicitly set, modifying the value of
+        ``status_code`` outside the constructor will also modify the value of
+        ``reason_phrase``.
+
 .. attribute:: HttpResponse.reason_phrase
 
     The HTTP reason phrase for the response.
@@ -642,6 +648,9 @@ Attributes
 
         .. _`HTTP standard's`: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt
 
+        Unless explicitly set, ``reason_phrase`` is determined by the current
+        value of :attr:`status_code`.
+
 .. attribute:: HttpResponse.streaming
 
     This is always ``False``.
@@ -987,6 +996,12 @@ Attributes
 
     The `HTTP status code`_ for the response.
 
+    .. versionchanged:: 1.9
+
+        Unless :attr:`reason_phrase` is explicitly set, modifying the value of
+        ``status_code`` outside the constructor will also modify the value of
+        ``reason_phrase``.
+
 .. attribute:: StreamingHttpResponse.reason_phrase
 
     The HTTP reason phrase for the response.
@@ -998,6 +1013,9 @@ Attributes
 
         .. _`HTTP standard's`: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt
 
+        Unless explicitly set, ``reason_phrase`` is determined by the current
+        value of :attr:`status_code`.
+
 .. attribute:: StreamingHttpResponse.streaming
 
     This is always ``True``.