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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ There are two mandatory arguments to the `register()` method:
Optionally, you may also specify an additional argument:
-* `base_name` - The base to use for the URL names that are created. If unset the basename will be automatically generated based on the `model` or `queryset` attribute on the viewset, if it has one.
+* `base_name` - The base to use for the URL names that are created. If unset the basename will be automatically generated based on the `model` or `queryset` attribute on the viewset, if it has one. Note that if the viewset does not include a `model` or `queryset` attribute then you must set `base_name` when registering the viewset.
The example above would generate the following URL patterns: