diff --git a/docs/topics/3.0-announcement.md b/docs/topics/3.0-announcement.md index 68d247827..5dbc5600a 100644 --- a/docs/topics/3.0-announcement.md +++ b/docs/topics/3.0-announcement.md @@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ The resulting API changes are further detailed below. #### The `.create()` and `.update()` methods. -The `.restore_object()` method is now replaced with two separate methods, `.create()` and `.update()`. - -These methods also replace the optional `.save_object()` method, which no longer exists. +The `.restore_object()` method is now removed, and we instead have two separate methods, `.create()` and `.update()`. These methods work slightly different to the previous `.restore_object()`. When using the `.create()` and `.update()` methods you should both create *and save* the object instance. This is in contrast to the previous `.restore_object()` behavior that would instantiate the object but not save it. +These methods also replace the optional `.save_object()` method, which no longer exists. + The following example from the tutorial previously used `restore_object()` to handle both creating and updating object instances. def restore_object(self, attrs, instance=None):