From 0a753297c80d11d9ee16d5b92ad1e5cccf41f30e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russell Keith-Magee Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 14:57:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #10952 -- Corrected the documentation for the behavior of password reset forms and views. Thanks to danielhepper for the report and initial patch, timo for the patch update. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@13556 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/topics/auth.txt | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/topics/auth.txt b/docs/topics/auth.txt index eae07ed717..480509961b 100644 --- a/docs/topics/auth.txt +++ b/docs/topics/auth.txt @@ -898,8 +898,9 @@ includes a few other useful built-in views located in .. function:: views.password_reset(request[, is_admin_site, template_name, email_template_name, password_reset_form, token_generator, post_reset_redirect]) - Allows a user to reset their password, and sends them the new password - in an e-mail. + Allows a user to reset their password by generating a one-time use link + that can be used to reset the password, and sending that link to the + user's registered e-mail address. **Optional arguments:** @@ -1005,8 +1006,8 @@ provides several built-in forms located in :mod:`django.contrib.auth.forms`: .. class:: PasswordResetForm - A form for resetting a user's password and e-mailing the new password to - them. + A form for generating and e-mailing a one-time use link to reset a + user's password. .. class:: SetPasswordForm