[1.7.x] Fixed #22322 -- Fixed incorrect explanation of what managed=False does.

refs #14305.

Thanks Adrian Klaver for the report.

Backport of 9b7ba8af1b from master

django/core/management/commands/inspectdb.py

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Command(NoArgsCommand):
             yield "# You'll have to do the following manually to clean this up:"
             yield "#   * Rearrange models' order"
             yield "#   * Make sure each model has one field with primary_key=True"
-            yield "#   * Remove `managed = False` lines for those models you wish to give write DB access"
+            yield "#   * Remove `managed = False` lines if you wish to allow Django to create, modify, and delete the table"
             yield "# Feel free to rename the models, but don't rename db_table values or field names."
             yield "#"
             yield "# Also note: You'll have to insert the output of 'django-admin.py sqlcustom [app_label]'"

docs/howto/legacy-databases.txt

@@ -49,16 +49,9 @@ Once you've cleaned up your models, name the file ``models.py`` and put it in
 the Python package that holds your app. Then add the app to your
 :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` setting.
 
-If your plan is that your Django application(s) modify data (i.e. edit, remove
+By default, :djadmin:`inspectdb` creates unmanaged models. That is,
-records and create new ones) in the existing database tables corresponding to
+``managed = False`` in the model's ``Meta`` class tells Django not to manage
-any of the introspected models then one of the manual review and edit steps
+each table's creation, modification, and deletion::
-you need to perform on the resulting ``models.py`` file is to change the
-Python declaration of each one of these models to specify it is a
-:attr:`managed <django.db.models.Options.managed>` one. For example, consider
-this generated model definition:
-
-.. code-block:: python
-    :emphasize-lines: 5
 
     class Person(models.Model):
         id = models.IntegerField(primary_key=True)
@@ -67,12 +60,9 @@ this generated model definition:
            managed = False
            db_table = 'CENSUS_PERSONS'
 
-If you wanted to modify existing data on your ``CENSUS_PERSONS`` SQL table
+If you do want to allow Django to manage the table's lifecycle, you'll need to
-with Django you'd need to change the ``managed`` option highlighted above to
+change the :attr:`~django.db.models.Options.managed` option above to ``True``
-``True`` (or simply remove it to let it because ``True`` is its default value).
+(or simply remove it because ``True`` is its default value).
-
-This serves as an explicit opt-in to give your nascent Django project write
-access to your precious data on a model by model basis.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 1.6
 

docs/ref/django-admin.txt

@@ -350,15 +350,12 @@ needed.
 ``inspectdb`` works with PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQLite. Foreign-key detection
 only works in PostgreSQL and with certain types of MySQL tables.
 
-If your plan is that your Django application(s) modify data (i.e. edit, remove
+By default, ``inspectdb`` creates unmanaged models. That is, ``managed = False``
-records and create new ones) in the existing database tables corresponding to
+in the model's ``Meta`` class tells Django not to manage each table's creation,
-any of the introspected models then one of the manual review and edit steps
+modification, and deletion. If you do want to allow Django to manage the
-you need to perform on the resulting ``models.py`` file is to change the
+table's lifecycle, you'll need to change the
-Python declaration of each one of these models to specify it is a
+:attr:`~django.db.models.Options.managed` option to ``True`` (or simply remove
-:attr:`managed <django.db.models.Options.managed>` one.
+it because ``True`` is its default value).
-
-This serves as an explicit opt-in to give your nascent Django project write
-access to your precious data on a model by model basis.
 
 The :djadminopt:`--database` option may be used to specify the
 database to introspect.