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16370	All ManyToMany field get a default message which is not overridable	Anand Kumria	nobody	"
All ManyToManyFields get a default message in the help_text, which is not overridable.

The message is: 'Hold down ""Control"", or ""Command"" on a Mac, to select more than one.'

This is done in the file django/db/models/fields/related.py and it makes sense if the related field is being displayed as a select list.

However, if you display a many to many relation using the inbuilt CheckboxSelectMultiple widget - for example - the message actually makes no sense. It makes no sense because you will have multiple checkboxes which you can independently click on.

In fact, have a textual string referencing the likely output method in the '''model''' seems to be a layering violation.

Attached is a patch to put this text in only if there is no help_text provided. Since it will use the overridden help_text, people are free to add back in the initial text if required.
"	Bug	closed	Database layer (models, ORM)	1.3	Normal	duplicate			Unreviewed	1	0	0	0	1	0