diff --git a/doc/reference/views.rst b/doc/reference/views.rst
index 67a01ff570e..841900917d2 100644
--- a/doc/reference/views.rst
+++ b/doc/reference/views.rst
@@ -204,6 +204,18 @@ inherited views.
   inheritance mode, ``extension`` by default if ``inherit_id`` is set,
   ``primary`` otherwise.
 
+  An example of where you would want to override ``mode`` while using
+  ``inherit_id`` is delegation inheritance.
+  In that case your derived model will be separate from its parent and views
+  matching with one won't match with the other. Suppose you inherit from a view
+  associated with the parent model and want to customize the derived view to
+  show data from the derived model. The ``mode`` of the derived view needs to
+  be set to ``primary``, because it's the base (and maybe only) view for that
+  derived model. Otherwise the :ref:`view matching <reference/views/inheritance/view-matching>`
+  rules won't apply.
+
+.. _reference/views/inheritance/view-matching:
+
 View matching
 -------------