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Fixed some markup errors in the form validation docs. 

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@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ The three types of cleaning methods are:
"field" (called ``__all__``), which you can access via the
``non_field_errors()`` method if you need to. If you want to attach
errors to a specific field in the form, you will need to access the
`_errors` attribute on the form, which is `described later`_.
``_errors`` attribute on the form, which is `described later`_.
These methods are run in the order given above, one field at a time. That is,
for each field in the form (in the order they are declared in the form
@ -99,21 +99,21 @@ and the more typical situation is to raise a ``ValidationError`` from
through the ``Form.non_field_errors()`` method.
When you really do need to attach the error to a particular field, you should
store (or amend) a key in the `Form._errors` attribute. This attribute is an
store (or amend) a key in the ``Form._errors`` attribute. This attribute is an
instance of a ``django.forms.util.ErrorDict`` class. Essentially, though, it's
just a dictionary. There is a key in the dictionary for each field in the form
that has an error. Each value in the dictionary is a
``django.forms.util.ErrorList`` instance, which is a list that knows how to
display itself in different ways. So you can treat `_errors` as a dictionary
display itself in different ways. So you can treat ``_errors`` as a dictionary
mapping field names to lists.
If you want to add a new error to a particular field, you should check whether
the key already exists in `self._errors` or not. If not, create a new entry
the key already exists in ``self._errors`` or not. If not, create a new entry
for the given key, holding an empty ``ErrorList`` instance. In either case,
you can then append your error message to the list for the field name in
question and it will be displayed when the form is displayed.
There is an example of modifying `self._errors` in the following section.
There is an example of modifying ``self._errors`` in the following section.
.. admonition:: What's in a name?