Index: docs/ref/settings.txt
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@@ -641,7 +641,8 @@
 field. Formats will be tried in order, using the first valid.
 Note that these format strings are specified in Python's datetime_ module
 syntax, that is different from the one used by Django for formatting dates
-to be displayed.
+to be displayed. Also note that if :setting:`USE_L10N` is set to ``True``, then the
+locale-dictated format has higher precedence and will be applied instead.
 
 See also :setting:`DATETIME_INPUT_FORMATS` and :setting:`TIME_INPUT_FORMATS`.
 
