Docs about migrations and `post_save`.

Documentation detailing requirement to migrate prior to running `createsuperuser` if using an authtoken `post_save` signal.
Closes #987.  Thanks to @yprez.

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diff --git a/docs/api-guide/authentication.md b/docs/api-guide/authentication.md
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--- a/docs/api-guide/authentication.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/authentication.md
@@ -184,9 +184,11 @@ The `obtain_auth_token` view will return a JSON response when valid `username` a
 
 Note that the default `obtain_auth_token` view explicitly uses JSON requests and responses, rather than using default renderer and parser classes in your settings.  If you need a customized version of the `obtain_auth_token` view, you can do so by overriding the `ObtainAuthToken` view class, and using that in your url conf instead.
 
-#### Custom user models
+#### Schema migrations
 
-The `rest_framework.authtoken` app includes a south migration that will create the authtoken table.   If you're using a [custom user model][custom-user-model] you'll need to make sure that any initial migration that creates the user table runs before the authtoken table is created.
+The `rest_framework.authtoken` app includes a south migration that will create the authtoken table.
+
+If you're using a [custom user model][custom-user-model] you'll need to make sure that any initial migration that creates the user table runs before the authtoken table is created.
 
 You can do so by inserting a `needed_by` attribute in your user migration:
 
@@ -201,6 +203,12 @@ You can do so by inserting a `needed_by` attribute in your user migration:
 
 For more details, see the [south documentation on dependencies][south-dependencies].
 
+Also not that if you're using a `post_save` signal to create tokens, then the first time you create the database tables, you'll need to ensure any migrations are run prior to creating any superusers.  For example:
+
+    python manage.py syncdb --noinput  # Won't create a superuser just yet, due to `--noinput`.
+    python manage.py migrate
+    python manage.py createsuperuser
+
 ## SessionAuthentication
 
 This authentication scheme uses Django's default session backend for authentication.  Session authentication is appropriate for AJAX clients that are running in the same session context as your website.