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diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 2f6a0ed541..738c0a04c2 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -819,6 +819,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
Romain Garrigues <romain.garrigues.cs@gmail.com>
Ronny Haryanto <https://ronny.haryan.to/>
Ross Poulton <ross@rossp.org>
+ Roxane Bellot <https://github.com/roxanebellot/>
Rozza <ross.lawley@gmail.com>
Rudolph Froger <rfroger@estrate.nl>
Rudy Mutter
diff --git a/docs/topics/signals.txt b/docs/topics/signals.txt
index f4c6290a14..3e5c09b63a 100644
--- a/docs/topics/signals.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/signals.txt
@@ -136,9 +136,21 @@ Now, our ``my_callback`` function will be called each time a request finishes.
In practice, signal handlers are usually defined in a ``signals``
submodule of the application they relate to. Signal receivers are
connected in the :meth:`~django.apps.AppConfig.ready` method of your
- application configuration class. If you're using the :func:`receiver`
- decorator, import the ``signals`` submodule inside
- :meth:`~django.apps.AppConfig.ready`.
+ application :ref:`configuration class <configuring-applications-ref>`. If
+ you're using the :func:`receiver` decorator, import the ``signals``
+ submodule inside :meth:`~django.apps.AppConfig.ready`, this will implicitly
+ connect signal handlers::
+
+ from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+ class MyAppConfig(AppConfig):
+ ...
+
+ def ready(self):
+ # Implicitly connect a signal handlers decorated with @receiver.
+ from . import signals
+ # Explicitly connect a signal handler.
+ signals.request_finished.connect(signals.my_callback)
.. note::