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Fixed #12840: mark natural key serialization in the docs as new in 1.2. Thanks, ramiro. 

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@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ them. Something like this will work::
Natural keys Natural keys
------------ ------------
.. versionadded:: 1.2
The ability to use natural keys when serializing/deserializing data was
added in the 1.2 release.
The default serialization strategy for foreign keys and many-to-many The default serialization strategy for foreign keys and many-to-many
relations is to serialize the value of the primary key(s) of the relations is to serialize the value of the primary key(s) of the
objects in the relation. This strategy works well for most types of objects in the relation. This strategy works well for most types of
@ -341,7 +345,7 @@ a `forward reference` with natural keys - the data you are referencing
must exist before you include a natural key reference to that data. must exist before you include a natural key reference to that data.
To accommodate this limitation, calls to :djadmin:`dumpdata` that use To accommodate this limitation, calls to :djadmin:`dumpdata` that use
the :djadminopt:`--natural` optionwill serialize any model with a the :djadminopt:`--natural` option will serialize any model with a
``natural_key()`` method before it serializes normal key objects. ``natural_key()`` method before it serializes normal key objects.
However, this may not always be enough. If your natural key refers to However, this may not always be enough. If your natural key refers to