Ticket #20634: 20634.diff

docs/howto/static-files/index.txt

@@ -68 +68 @@
     Now we *might* be able to get away with putting our static files directly
     in ``my_app/static/`` (rather than creating another ``my_app``
     subdirectory), but it would actually be a bad idea. Django will use the
-    last static file it finds whose name matches, and if you had a static file
+    first static file it finds whose name matches, and if you had a static file
     with the same name in a *different* application, Django would be unable to
     distinguish between them. We need to be able to point Django at the right
     one, and the easiest way to ensure this is by *namespacing* them. That is,

docs/ref/settings.txt

@@ -2564 +2564 @@
 The default will find files stored in the :setting:`STATICFILES_DIRS` setting
 (using ``django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder``) and in a
 ``static`` subdirectory of each app (using
-``django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder``)
+``django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder``). If multiple
+files with the same name are present, the first file that is found will be
+used.
 
 One finder is disabled by default:
 ``django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder``. If added to