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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions docs/api-guide/permissions.md
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Expand Up @@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ A slightly less strict style of permission would be to allow full access to auth
Permissions in REST framework are always defined as a list of permission classes.

Before running the main body of the view each permission in the list is checked.
If any permission check fails an `exceptions.PermissionDenied` or `exceptions.NotAuthenticated` exception will be raised, and the main body of the view will not run.
If any permission check fails, an `exceptions.PermissionDenied` or `exceptions.NotAuthenticated` exception will be raised, and the main body of the view will not run.

When the permissions checks fail either a "403 Forbidden" or a "401 Unauthorized" response will be returned, according to the following rules:
When the permission checks fail, either a "403 Forbidden" or a "401 Unauthorized" response will be returned, according to the following rules:

* The request was successfully authenticated, but permission was denied. *— An HTTP 403 Forbidden response will be returned.*
* The request was not successfully authenticated, and the highest priority authentication class *does not* use `WWW-Authenticate` headers. *— An HTTP 403 Forbidden response will be returned.*
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