Index: docs/ref/contrib/admin.txt
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--- docs/ref/contrib/admin.txt	(revision 9017)
+++ docs/ref/contrib/admin.txt	(working copy)
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@
         pass
     admin.site.register(Author, AuthorAdmin)
 
+Since the ``AuthorAdmin`` class is not customizing any of the ``ModelAdmin``
+options as decribed below, it inherits all the defaults.  If the defaults are
+good enough, there is a shortened version that accomplishes the same thing::
+
+    from django.contrib import admin
+    from myproject.myapp.models import Author
+
+    admin.site.register(Author)
+
 ``ModelAdmin`` Options
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