id summary reporter owner description type status component version severity resolution keywords cc stage has_patch needs_docs needs_tests needs_better_patch easy ui_ux 21908 Misleading documentation in ModelAdmin.get_inline_instances matt@… avendael "The documentation for this method seems a little sparse: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/admin/#django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.get_inline_instances It's not actually clear that you need to instantiate the inline classes in this manner: return [inline(self.model, self.admin_site) for inline in self.inlines] (Obviously, that is without filtering). I'm happy to submit a documentation patch, if it is likely to be accepted." Cleanup/optimization closed Documentation 1.6 Normal fixed Accepted 1 0 0 0 1 0