From d4623df4638823d4454a1fea4702801fbfb36df6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Holovaty Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 05:33:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added note to docs/model-api.txt about help_text not being escaped in the admin interface git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@5816 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/model-api.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/model-api.txt b/docs/model-api.txt index 4bf5648bf0..3b634de1d8 100644 --- a/docs/model-api.txt +++ b/docs/model-api.txt @@ -624,6 +624,12 @@ Extra "help" text to be displayed under the field on the object's admin form. It's useful for documentation even if your object doesn't have an admin form. +Note that this value is *not* HTML-escaped when it's displayed in the admin +interface. This lets you include HTML in ``help_text`` if you so desire. For +example:: + + help_text="Please use the following format: YYYY-MM-DD." + ``primary_key`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~