diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/management/commands/createsuperuser.py b/django/contrib/auth/management/commands/createsuperuser.py index c5f6469548..8130b326c5 100644 --- a/django/contrib/auth/management/commands/createsuperuser.py +++ b/django/contrib/auth/management/commands/createsuperuser.py @@ -78,10 +78,11 @@ class Command(BaseCommand): if not username: input_msg = capfirst(username_field.verbose_name) if default_username: - input_msg += ' (leave blank to use %r)' % default_username + input_msg += " (leave blank to use '%s')" % default_username raw_value = input(input_msg + ': ') + if default_username and raw_value == '': - username = default_username + raw_value = default_username try: username = username_field.clean(raw_value, None) except exceptions.ValidationError as e: