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@@ -1894,14 +1894,16 @@ your resulting ``User`` model will have the following attributes::
>>> hasattr(user, 'supervisor_of')
True
-A ``DoesNotExist`` exception is raised when accessing the reverse relationship
-if an entry in the related table doesn't exist. For example, if a user doesn't
-have a supervisor designated by ``MySpecialUser``::
+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``::
>>> user.supervisor_of
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
- DoesNotExist: User matching query does not exist.
+ RelatedObjectDoesNotExist: User has no supervisor_of.
.. _onetoone-arguments: