From d8bff5adda81be20befe68613edc2b603709cad1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amin Shah Gilani <amin@gilani.me>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 12:04:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [5.0.x] Doc'd that users with unusable passwords cannot
 request a password reset.

Backport of 47033bfd486206d6809068c838d45b999e5c1bd2 from main
---
 docs/ref/contrib/auth.txt | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/auth.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/auth.txt
index 482eed231b..953c31a6ae 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/auth.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/auth.txt
@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ Methods
         You may need this if authentication for your application takes place
         against an existing external source such as an LDAP directory.
 
+        .. admonition:: Password reset restriction
+
+            Users having an unusable password will not able to request a
+            password reset email via
+            :class:`~django.contrib.auth.views.PasswordResetView`.
+
     .. method:: has_usable_password()
 
         Returns ``False`` if