From 7affb4ad58e7ee93e4cca0c350315c63035ed648 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Graham Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 07:46:19 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed/improved release note for refs #13147; thanks Loic. --- docs/releases/1.8.txt | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.txt b/docs/releases/1.8.txt index 259ee00e4b..bbd573d782 100644 --- a/docs/releases/1.8.txt +++ b/docs/releases/1.8.txt @@ -415,8 +415,12 @@ Miscellaneous ``pk`` parameter in ``params`` for backwards compatibility. * ``UserCreationForm.errors_messages['duplicate_username']`` is no longer used. - If you wish to customize that error message, use - ``User.error_messages['unique']`` instead. + If you wish to customize that error message, :ref:`override it on the form + ` using + ``Meta.errors_messages['unique']`` or, if you have a custom user model, use + the ``'unique'`` key in the :attr:`~django.db.models.Field.error_messages` + option of the field designated by + :attr:`~django.contrib.auth.models.CustomUser.USERNAME_FIELD`. .. _deprecated-features-1.8: