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@@ -326,13 +326,7 @@ it's safe to use as your default manager for the model.
     ``InheritanceManager`` only supports a single level of model inheritance;
     it won't work for grandchild models.
 
-.. note::
-    The implementation of ``InheritanceManager`` uses ``select_related``
-    internally.  Due to `Django bug #16855`_, this currently means that it
-    will override any previous ``select_related`` calls on the ``QuerySet``.
-
 .. _contributed by Jeff Elmore: http://jeffelmore.org/2010/11/11/automatic-downcasting-of-inherited-models-in-django/
-.. _Django bug #16855: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/16855
 .. _Django bug #16572: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/16572