--- a/doc/book/en/B1020-define-views.en.txt	Tue Apr 14 17:18:00 2009 -0700
+++ b/doc/book/en/B1020-define-views.en.txt	Tue Apr 14 17:18:32 2009 -0700
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 understanding of the classes and methods available, then detail the view
 selection principle which makes `CubicWeb` web interface very flexible.
 
+A `View` is an object applied to another object such as an entity.
+
 Basic class for views
 ---------------------