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diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/api.txt b/docs/ref/forms/api.txt index 4d3cf8997d..a6b4d11f4a 100644 --- a/docs/ref/forms/api.txt +++ b/docs/ref/forms/api.txt @@ -527,12 +527,18 @@ a form object, and each rendering method returns a string. .. attribute:: Form.template_name -The name of a template that is going to be rendered if the form is cast into a -string, e.g. via ``print(form)`` or in a template via ``{{ form }}``. By -default this template is ``'django/forms/default.html'``, which is a proxy for -``'django/forms/table.html'``. The template can be changed per form by -overriding the ``template_name`` attribute or more generally by overriding the -default template, see also :ref:`overriding-built-in-form-templates`. +The name of the template rendered if the form is cast into a string, e.g. via +``print(form)`` or in a template via ``{{ form }}``. + +By default, a property returning the value of the renderer's +:attr:`~django.forms.renderers.BaseRenderer.form_template_name`. You may set it +as a string template name in order to override that for a particular form +class. + +.. versionchanged:: 4.1 + + In older versions ``template_name`` defaulted to the string value + ``'django/forms/default.html'``. ``template_name_label`` ----------------------- |