diff --git a/docs/topics/auth/customizing.txt b/docs/topics/auth/customizing.txt
index 1d2daed333..d1c4cabe49 100644
--- a/docs/topics/auth/customizing.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/auth/customizing.txt
@@ -281,11 +281,12 @@ can or cannot do with Task instances, specific to your application::
             )
 
 The only thing this does is create those extra permissions when you run
-:djadmin:`manage.py migrate <migrate>`. Your code is in charge of checking the
-value of these permissions when a user is trying to access the functionality
-provided by the application (viewing tasks, changing the status of tasks,
-closing tasks.) Continuing the above example, the following checks if a user may
-view tasks::
+:djadmin:`manage.py migrate <migrate>` (the function that creates permissions
+is connected to the :data:`~django.db.models.signals.post_migrate` signal).
+Your code is in charge of checking the value of these permissions when a user
+is trying to access the functionality provided by the application (viewing
+tasks, changing the status of tasks, closing tasks.) Continuing the above
+example, the following checks if a user may view tasks::
 
     user.has_perm('app.view_task')
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/auth/default.txt b/docs/topics/auth/default.txt
index 51b4cf35db..02d68e4056 100644
--- a/docs/topics/auth/default.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/auth/default.txt
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ These permissions will be created when you run :djadmin:`manage.py migrate
 will be created for all previously-installed models, as well as for any new
 models being installed at that time. Afterward, it will create default
 permissions for new models each time you run :djadmin:`manage.py migrate
-<migrate>`.
+<migrate>` (the function that creates permissions is connected to the
+:data:`~django.db.models.signals.post_migrate` signal).
 
 Assuming you have an application with an
 :attr:`~django.db.models.Options.app_label` ``foo`` and a model named ``Bar``,