Clarified a contrib.sites deprecation and added to 1.7 release notes.

docs/internals/deprecation.txt

@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ details on these changes.
 
 * ``AppCommand.handle_app()`` will no longer be supported.
 
-* ``RequestSite`` will be located in ``django.contrib.sites.requests`` and
-  ``get_current_site`` in ``django.contrib.sites.shortcuts``.
+* ``RequestSite`` and ``get_current_site()`` will no longer be importable from
+  ``django.contrib.sites.models``.
 
 * FastCGI support via the ``runfcgi`` management command will be
   removed. Please deploy your project using WSGI.

docs/ref/contrib/sites.txt

@@ -472,9 +472,10 @@ a fallback when the database-backed sites framework is not available.
         Sets the ``name`` and ``domain`` attributes to the value of
         :meth:`~django.http.HttpRequest.get_host`.
 
-    .. versionchanged:: 1.7
+    .. deprecated:: 1.7
 
-        This class used to be defined in ``django.contrib.sites.models``.
+        This class used to be defined in ``django.contrib.sites.models``. The
+        old import location will work until Django 1.9.
 
 A :class:`~django.contrib.sites.requests.RequestSite` object has a similar
 interface to a normal :class:`~django.contrib.sites.models.Site` object,
@@ -498,9 +499,10 @@ Finally, to avoid repetitive fallback code, the framework provides a
     object or a :class:`~django.contrib.sites.requests.RequestSite` object
     based on the request.
 
-    .. versionchanged:: 1.7
+    .. deprecated:: 1.7
 
         This function used to be defined in ``django.contrib.sites.models``.
+        The old import location will work until Django 1.9.
 
     .. versionchanged:: 1.8
 

docs/releases/1.7.txt

@@ -1757,6 +1757,17 @@ FastCGI support
 FastCGI support via the ``runfcgi`` management command will be removed in
 Django 1.9. Please deploy your project using WSGI.
 
+Moved objects in ``contrib.sites``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Following the app-loading refactor, two objects in
+``django.contrib.sites.models`` needed to be moved because they must be
+available without importing ``django.contrib.sites.models`` when
+``django.contrib.sites`` isn't installed. Import ``RequestSite`` from
+``django.contrib.sites.requests`` and ``get_current_site()`` from
+``django.contrib.sites.shortcuts``. The old import locations will work until
+Django 1.9.
+
 .. removed-features-1.7:
 
 Features removed in 1.7