Index: docs/ref/models/fields.txt
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--- docs/ref/models/fields.txt	(revisión: 14982)
+++ docs/ref/models/fields.txt	(copia de trabajo)
@@ -441,11 +441,12 @@
 
 .. attribute:: DecimalField.max_digits
 
-    The maximum number of digits allowed in the number
+    The maximum number of digits allowed in the number. Note that this number
+    must be higher than ``decimal_places``, if it exists.
 
 .. attribute:: DecimalField.decimal_places
 
-    The number of decimal places to store with the number
+    The number of decimal places to store with the number.
 
 For example, to store numbers up to 999 with a resolution of 2 decimal places,
 you'd use::
