From ab28e72f31f29c522f1afbabe9800e344226ff95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russell Keith-Magee <russell@keith-magee.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:39:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #8590: Added clarification that you need to install the
 new comments system before trying to port data. Thanks to julien for the
 report.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@8652 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
---
 docs/ref/contrib/comments/upgrade.txt | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/comments/upgrade.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/comments/upgrade.txt
index 46c8cf9e20..0df3c94e7d 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/comments/upgrade.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/comments/upgrade.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,15 @@ The main changes from the old system are:
 Upgrading data
 --------------
 
-The data models have changed, as have the table names. To transfer your data into the new system, you'll need to directly run the following SQL:
+The data models for Django's comment system have changed, as have the
+table names. Before you transfer your existing data into the new comments
+system, make sure that you have installed the new comments system as
+explained in the
+:ref:`quick start guide <ref-contrib-comments-index-quick-start-guide>`.
+This will ensure that the new tables have been properly created.
+
+To transfer your data into the new comments system, you'll need to directly
+run the following SQL:
 
 .. code-block:: sql