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diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt index e1a90262d9..1269dd030c 100644 --- a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt +++ b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt @@ -515,6 +515,18 @@ There are a couple of things to note, however. Chances are these notes won't affect you unless you're trying to do something tricky with subclassing. +Interaction with model validation +--------------------------------- + +As part of its validation process, ``ModelForm`` will call the ``clean()`` +method of each field on your model that has a corresponding field on your form. +If you have excluded any model fields, validation will not be run on those +fields. See the :ref:`form validation <ref-forms-validation>` documentation +for more on how field cleaning and validation work. Also, your model's +``clean()`` method will be called before any uniqueness checks are made. See +:ref:`Validating objects <validating-objects>` for more information on the +model's ``clean()`` hook. + .. _model-formsets: Model formsets |