Ticket #10908: 10908.diff

topics/testing.txt

@@ -686 +686 @@
         user accounts that are valid on your production site will not work
         under test conditions. You'll need to create users as part of the test
         suite -- either manually (using the Django model API) or with a test
-        fixture.
+        fixture. If your test user has a password, you must use either
+        ``User.objects.create()`` and 
+        :meth:`~django.contrib.auth.models.User.set_password()` or the
+        :meth:`~django.contrib.auth.models.UserManager.create_user` helper 
+        method to ensure the user password is hashed so ``login()`` will work 
+        correctly.
 
     .. method:: Client.logout()