diff --git a/Doc/library/shelve.rst b/Doc/library/shelve.rst
index 8c65790..87c84b1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shelve.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shelve.rst
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ lots of shared  sub-objects.  The keys are ordinary strings.
    to load a shelf from an untrusted source.  Like with pickle, loading a shelf
    can execute arbitrary code.
 
-Shelf objects support all methods supported by dictionaries.  This eases the
-transition from dictionary based scripts to those requiring persistent storage.
+Shelf objects support all methods supported by dictionaries except
+:meth:`~dict.viewkeys`, :meth:`~dict.viewvalues` and :meth:`~dict.viewitems`.
+This eases the transition from dictionary based scripts to those requiring
+persistent storage.
 
 Two additional methods are supported:
 
@@ -205,4 +207,3 @@ object)::
 
    Module :mod:`cPickle`
       High-performance version of :mod:`pickle`.
-