diff --git a/modules/mol/base/doc/entity.rst b/modules/mol/base/doc/entity.rst
index 6d96c6b7b9cf79d35c128fa0d788f263de054115..a9d2315f619d10f677fb57f361d00ec61a3132ea 100644
--- a/modules/mol/base/doc/entity.rst
+++ b/modules/mol/base/doc/entity.rst
@@ -1177,6 +1177,9 @@ The View Classes
 
 .. class:: ChainView
 
+  A view representation of a :class:`ChainHandle`. Mostly, the same
+  functionality is provided as for the handle.
+
   .. attribute:: name
   
      The chain name. The name uniquely identifies the chain in the entity. In 
@@ -1411,6 +1414,9 @@ The View Classes
 
 .. class:: ResidueView
 
+  A view representation of a :class:`ResidueHandle`. Mostly, the same
+  functionality is provided as for the handle.
+
   .. attribute:: handle
 
     The residue handle this view points to. Also available as