From cf6ae397db1353370fef05df99a8d321806a6f58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Christie
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:57:30 +0100
Subject: Docs tweaking around `check_object_permissions`

---
 docs/api-guide/generic-views.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

(limited to 'docs/api-guide/generic-views.md')

diff --git a/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md b/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md
index 281a0481..931cae54 100755
--- a/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ For example:
         self.check_object_permissions(self.request, obj)
         return obj
 
+Note that if your API doesn't include any object level permissions, you may optionally exclude the ``self.check_object_permissions, and simply return the object from the `get_object_or_404` lookup.
+
 #### `get_serializer_class(self)`
 
 Returns the class that should be used for the serializer.  Defaults to returning the `serializer_class` attribute, or dynamically generating a serializer class if the `model` shortcut is being used.
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