diff --git a/docs/ref/request-response.txt b/docs/ref/request-response.txt index 8647436b97..3c63af5978 100644 --- a/docs/ref/request-response.txt +++ b/docs/ref/request-response.txt @@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ All attributes should be considered read-only, unless stated otherwise. XML payload etc. For processing conventional form data, use :attr:`HttpRequest.POST`. - You can also read from an ``HttpRequest`` using a file-like interface. See - :meth:`HttpRequest.read()`. + You can also read from an ``HttpRequest`` using a file-like interface with + :meth:`HttpRequest.read` or :meth:`HttpRequest.readline`. Accessing + the ``body`` attribute *after* reading the request with either of these I/O + stream methods will produce a ``RawPostDataException``. .. attribute:: HttpRequest.path