Clarified how to reference RelatedObjectDoesNotExist exceptions.
@@ -2012,13 +2012,14 @@ your resulting ``User`` model will have the following attributes::
A ``RelatedObjectDoesNotExist`` exception is raised when accessing the reverse
relationship if an entry in the related table doesn't exist. This is a subclass
of the target model's :exc:`Model.DoesNotExist
-<django.db.models.Model.DoesNotExist>` exception. For example, if a user
-doesn't have a supervisor designated by ``MySpecialUser``::
+<django.db.models.Model.DoesNotExist>` exception and can be accessed as an
+attribute of the reverse accessor. For example, if a user doesn't have a
+supervisor designated by ``MySpecialUser``::
- >>> user.supervisor_of
- Traceback (most recent call last):
- ...
- RelatedObjectDoesNotExist: User has no supervisor_of.
+ try:
+ user.supervisor_of
+ except User.supervisor_of.RelatedObjectDoesNotExist:
+ pass
.. _onetoone-arguments:
