diff --git a/django/conf/project_template/project_name/settings.py-tpl b/django/conf/project_template/project_name/settings.py-tpl
index 3b6caab333..5631ec9a31 100644
--- a/django/conf/project_template/project_name/settings.py-tpl
+++ b/django/conf/project_template/project_name/settings.py-tpl
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ TEMPLATES = [
         'APP_DIRS': True,
         'OPTIONS': {
             'context_processors': [
-                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                 'django.template.context_processors.request',
                 'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                 'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
diff --git a/docs/intro/tutorial07.txt b/docs/intro/tutorial07.txt
index e0c87be898..60a5c43bb3 100644
--- a/docs/intro/tutorial07.txt
+++ b/docs/intro/tutorial07.txt
@@ -324,7 +324,6 @@ Open your settings file (:file:`mysite/settings.py`, remember) and add a
             "APP_DIRS": True,
             "OPTIONS": {
                 "context_processors": [
-                    "django.template.context_processors.debug",
                     "django.template.context_processors.request",
                     "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
                     "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
index a46717b8d7..8d5c66367d 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
@@ -660,7 +660,6 @@ settings file, the default template engine contains the following context
 processors::
 
     [
-        "django.template.context_processors.debug",
         "django.template.context_processors.request",
         "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
         "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
diff --git a/docs/releases/5.2.txt b/docs/releases/5.2.txt
index 14ad32b706..c445e02694 100644
--- a/docs/releases/5.2.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/5.2.txt
@@ -328,6 +328,9 @@ Miscellaneous
 * ``HttpRequest.accepted_types`` is now sorted by the client's preference, based
   on the request's ``Accept`` header.
 
+* The :func:`~django.template.context_processors.debug` context processor is no
+  longer included in the default project template.
+
 .. _deprecated-features-5.2:
 
 Features deprecated in 5.2
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/tests.py b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
index fc1bb86d85..16d76f5da2 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
@@ -1686,7 +1686,6 @@ class AdminViewBasicTest(AdminViewBasicTestCase):
             "APP_DIRS": True,
             "OPTIONS": {
                 "context_processors": [
-                    "django.template.context_processors.debug",
                     "django.template.context_processors.request",
                     "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
                     "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
@@ -7695,7 +7694,6 @@ class AdminDocsTest(TestCase):
             "APP_DIRS": True,
             "OPTIONS": {
                 "context_processors": [
-                    "django.template.context_processors.debug",
                     "django.template.context_processors.request",
                     "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
                     "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
diff --git a/tests/runtests.py b/tests/runtests.py
index c5bb637d33..516da84768 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.py
+++ b/tests/runtests.py
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ def setup_collect_tests(start_at, start_after, test_labels=None):
             "APP_DIRS": True,
             "OPTIONS": {
                 "context_processors": [
-                    "django.template.context_processors.debug",
                     "django.template.context_processors.request",
                     "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
                     "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",