toastdriven/django-haystack — pull request #1043 by amjoconn (2014-08-06 11:43:26+00:00)
Title: Note that field boost requires the field be searched

I definitely understand that for people who understand how haystack works at all levels this note maybe obvious, but it took me a while to connect the dots and a note to elaborate on how to actually get a victory with boosting would have been very helpful.