From e7927e9bca5bc0d0ac3b528e68244c713c5df97f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Christie <tom@tomchristie.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:35:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Extra docs on PATCH with no object.

---
 rest_framework/mixins.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rest_framework/mixins.py b/rest_framework/mixins.py
index 59d644694..426865ff9 100644
--- a/rest_framework/mixins.py
+++ b/rest_framework/mixins.py
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ class UpdateModelMixin(object):
                 # return None.
                 self.check_permissions(clone_request(self.request, 'POST'))
             else:
+                # PATCH requests where the object does not exist should still
+                # return a 404 response.
                 raise
 
     def pre_save(self, obj):