Always use parentheses when documenting a method with no arguments.

docs/howto/custom-model-fields.txt

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ card values plus their suits; 104 characters in total.
     you want your fields to be more strict about the options they select, or to
     use the simpler, more permissive behavior of the current fields.
 
-.. method:: Field.__init__
+.. method:: Field.__init__()
 
 The :meth:`~django.db.models.Field.__init__` method takes the following
 parameters:

docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ your function. Example:
 Registering custom filters
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: django.template.Library.filter
+.. method:: django.template.Library.filter()
 
 Once you've written your filter definition, you need to register it with
 your ``Library`` instance, to make it available to Django's template language:
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ are described in :ref:`filters and auto-escaping <filters-auto-escaping>` and
 Template filters that expect strings
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: django.template.defaultfilters.stringfilter
+.. method:: django.template.defaultfilters.stringfilter()
 
 If you're writing a template filter that only expects a string as the first
 argument, you should use the decorator ``stringfilter``. This will
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ cannot resolve the string passed to it in the current context of the page.
 Simple tags
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: django.template.Library.simple_tag
+.. method:: django.template.Library.simple_tag()
 
 Many template tags take a number of arguments -- strings or template variables
 -- and return a string after doing some processing based solely on

docs/ref/contrib/comments/moderation.txt

@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ models with an instance of the subclass.
     :func:`moderator.unregister` methods detailed above, the following methods
     on :class:`Moderator` can be overridden to achieve customized behavior:
 
-    .. method:: connect
+    .. method:: connect()
 
         Determines how moderation is set up globally. The base
         implementation in

docs/ref/contrib/formtools/form-preview.txt

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ default templates.
 Advanced ``FormPreview`` methods
 ================================
 
-.. method:: FormPreview.process_preview
+.. method:: FormPreview.process_preview()
 
     Given a validated form, performs any extra processing before displaying the
     preview page, and saves any extra data in context.

docs/ref/contrib/formtools/form-wizard.txt

@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ Here's a full example template:
 Hooking the wizard into a URLconf
 ---------------------------------
 
-.. method:: WizardView.as_view
+.. method:: WizardView.as_view()
 
 Finally, we need to specify which forms to use in the wizard, and then
 deploy the new :class:`WizardView` object at a URL in the ``urls.py``. The

docs/ref/contrib/gis/gdal.txt

@@ -459,19 +459,19 @@ systems and coordinate transformation::
 
    Constructs a :class:`Polygon` from the given bounding-box (a 4-tuple).
 
-   .. method:: __len__
+   .. method:: __len__()
 
    Returns the number of points in a :class:`LineString`, the
    number of rings in a :class:`Polygon`, or the number of geometries in a
    :class:`GeometryCollection`. Not applicable to other geometry types.
 
-   .. method:: __iter__
+   .. method:: __iter__()
 
    Iterates over the points in a :class:`LineString`, the rings in a
    :class:`Polygon`, or the geometries in a :class:`GeometryCollection`.
    Not applicable to other geometry types.
 
-   .. method:: __getitem__
+   .. method:: __getitem__()
 
    Returns the point at the specified index for a :class:`LineString`, the
    interior ring at the specified index for a :class:`Polygon`, or the geometry
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ systems and coordinate transformation::
    Returns ``True`` if this geometry overlaps the other, otherwise returns
    ``False``.
 
-   .. method:: boundary
+   .. method:: boundary()
 
    The boundary of this geometry, as a new :class:`OGRGeometry` object.
 
@@ -686,22 +686,22 @@ systems and coordinate transformation::
    The smallest convex polygon that contains this geometry, as a new
    :class:`OGRGeometry` object.
 
-   .. method:: difference
+   .. method:: difference()
 
    Returns the region consisting of the difference of this geometry and
    the other, as a new :class:`OGRGeometry` object.
 
-   .. method:: intersection
+   .. method:: intersection()
 
    Returns the region consisting of the intersection of this geometry and
    the other, as a new :class:`OGRGeometry` object.
 
-   .. method:: sym_difference
+   .. method:: sym_difference()
 
    Returns the region consisting of the symmetric difference of this
    geometry and the other, as a new :class:`OGRGeometry` object.
 
-   .. method:: union
+   .. method:: union()
 
    Returns the region consisting of the union of this geometry and
    the other, as a new :class:`OGRGeometry` object.

docs/ref/forms/api.txt

@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ a form object, and each rendering method returns a Unicode object.
 ``as_p()``
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: Form.as_p
+.. method:: Form.as_p()
 
 ``as_p()`` renders the form as a series of ``<p>`` tags, with each ``<p>``
 containing one field::
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ containing one field::
 ``as_ul()``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: Form.as_ul
+.. method:: Form.as_ul()
 
 ``as_ul()`` renders the form as a series of ``<li>`` tags, with each
 ``<li>`` containing one field. It does *not* include the ``<ul>`` or
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ flexibility::
 ``as_table()``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: Form.as_table
+.. method:: Form.as_table()
 
 Finally, ``as_table()`` outputs the form as an HTML ``<table>``. This is
 exactly the same as ``print``. In fact, when you ``print`` a form object,
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ form data *and* file data::
 Testing for multipart forms
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: Form.is_multipart
+.. method:: Form.is_multipart()
 
 If you're writing reusable views or templates, you may not know ahead of time
 whether your form is a multipart form or not. The ``is_multipart()`` method

docs/ref/forms/validation.txt

@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ from , which is turned into a form-wide error that is available through the
 Cleaning and validating fields that depend on each other
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: django.forms.Form.clean
+.. method:: django.forms.Form.clean()
 
 Suppose we add another requirement to our contact form: if the ``cc_myself``
 field is ``True``, the ``subject`` must contain the word ``"help"``. We are

docs/ref/template-response.txt

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Methods
 
     Override this method in order to customize template rendering.
 
-.. method:: SimpleTemplateResponse.add_post_render_callback
+.. method:: SimpleTemplateResponse.add_post_render_callback()
 
     Add a callback that will be invoked after rendering has taken
     place. This hook can be used to defer certain processing

docs/topics/http/sessions.txt

@@ -219,17 +219,17 @@ You can edit it multiple times.
 
       Example: ``fav_color = request.session.pop('fav_color')``
 
-    .. method:: keys
+    .. method:: keys()
 
-    .. method:: items
+    .. method:: items()
 
-    .. method:: setdefault
+    .. method:: setdefault()
 
-    .. method:: clear
+    .. method:: clear()
 
     It also has these methods:
 
-    .. method:: flush
+    .. method:: flush()
 
       Delete the current session data from the session and regenerate the
       session key value that is sent back to the user in the cookie. This is
@@ -237,21 +237,21 @@ You can edit it multiple times.
       accessed again from the user's browser (for example, the
       :func:`django.contrib.auth.logout()` function calls it).
 
-    .. method:: set_test_cookie
+    .. method:: set_test_cookie()
 
       Sets a test cookie to determine whether the user's browser supports
       cookies. Due to the way cookies work, you won't be able to test this
       until the user's next page request. See `Setting test cookies`_ below for
       more information.
 
-    .. method:: test_cookie_worked
+    .. method:: test_cookie_worked()
 
       Returns either ``True`` or ``False``, depending on whether the user's
       browser accepted the test cookie. Due to the way cookies work, you'll
       have to call ``set_test_cookie()`` on a previous, separate page request.
       See `Setting test cookies`_ below for more information.
 
-    .. method:: delete_test_cookie
+    .. method:: delete_test_cookie()
 
       Deletes the test cookie. Use this to clean up after yourself.
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ You can edit it multiple times.
       purposes. Session expiration is computed from the last time the
       session was *modified*.
 
-    .. method:: get_expiry_age
+    .. method:: get_expiry_age()
 
       Returns the number of seconds until this session expires. For sessions
       with no custom expiration (or those set to expire at browser close), this
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ You can edit it multiple times.
         ``None``. Defaults to the value stored in the session by
         :meth:`set_expiry`, if there is one, or ``None``.
 
-    .. method:: get_expiry_date
+    .. method:: get_expiry_date()
 
       Returns the date this session will expire. For sessions with no custom
       expiration (or those set to expire at browser close), this will equal the
@@ -303,17 +303,17 @@ You can edit it multiple times.
 
       This function accepts the same keyword arguments as :meth:`get_expiry_age`.
 
-    .. method:: get_expire_at_browser_close
+    .. method:: get_expire_at_browser_close()
 
       Returns either ``True`` or ``False``, depending on whether the user's
       session cookie will expire when the user's Web browser is closed.
 
-    .. method:: clear_expired
+    .. method:: clear_expired()
 
       Removes expired sessions from the session store. This class method is
       called by :djadmin:`clearsessions`.
 
-    .. method:: cycle_key
+    .. method:: cycle_key()
 
       Creates a new session key while retaining the current session data.
       :func:`django.contrib.auth.login()` calls this method to mitigate against

docs/topics/testing/tools.txt

@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ If ``multi_db=True``, fixtures are loaded into all databases.
 Overriding settings
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: SimpleTestCase.settings
+.. method:: SimpleTestCase.settings()
 
 For testing purposes it's often useful to change a setting temporarily and
 revert to the original value after running the testing code. For this use case
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ Django provides a standard Python context manager (see :pep:`343`) called
 This example will override the :setting:`LOGIN_URL` setting for the code
 in the ``with`` block and reset its value to the previous state afterwards.
 
-.. method:: SimpleTestCase.modify_settings
+.. method:: SimpleTestCase.modify_settings()
 
 .. versionadded:: 1.7