From cc25f57f7b88ad22a9b4d29fa53063c85bdca5d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carlton Gibson <carlton.gibson@noumenal.es>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 10:31:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add UNAUTHENTICATED_USER = None note (#5679)

When removing authentication entirely you cannot import `django.contrib.auth.models.AnonymousUser`

Closes #3494
---
 docs/api-guide/settings.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/api-guide/settings.md b/docs/api-guide/settings.md
index a8abd2a63..caa065389 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/settings.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/settings.md
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ Default: `'version'`
 #### UNAUTHENTICATED_USER
 
 The class that should be used to initialize `request.user` for unauthenticated requests.
+(If removing authentication entirely, e.g. by removing `django.contrib.auth` from
+`INSTALLED_APPS`, set `UNAUTHENTICATED_USER` to `None`.)
 
 Default: `django.contrib.auth.models.AnonymousUser`