Fixed #24987 -- Allowed inactive users to login with the test client.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
index 8cd847f066..bc0cf98199 100644
--- a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
@@ -334,13 +334,6 @@ Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
         ``login()`` method to simulate the effect of a user logging into the
         site.
 
-        Inactive users (:attr:`is_active=False
-        <django.contrib.auth.models.User.is_active>`) are not permitted to
-        login as this method is meant to be equivalent to the
-        :func:`~django.contrib.auth.login` view which uses
-        :class:`~django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm` and therefore
-        defaults to rejecting users who are inactive.
-
         After you call this method, the test client will have all the cookies
         and session data required to pass any login-based tests that may form
         part of a view.
@@ -378,6 +371,12 @@ Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
         :meth:`~django.contrib.auth.models.UserManager.create_user` helper
         method to create a new user with a correctly hashed password.
 
+        .. versionchanged:: 1.10
+
+            In previous versions, inactive users (:attr:`is_active=False
+            <django.contrib.auth.models.User.is_active>`) were not permitted
+            to login.
+
     .. method:: Client.force_login(user, backend=None)
 
         .. versionadded:: 1.9