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diff --git a/docs/topics/db/multi-db.txt b/docs/topics/db/multi-db.txt
index f1d67bf977..73872e6b53 100644
--- a/docs/topics/db/multi-db.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/db/multi-db.txt
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ routing scheme.
Database routers
----------------
-A database Router is a class that provides four methods:
+A database Router is a class that provides up to four methods:
.. method:: db_for_read(model, **hints)
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ A database Router is a class that provides four methods:
the router has no opinion. This method can be used to determine
the availability of a model on a given database.
+A router doesn't have to provide *all* these methods - it omit one or
+more of them. If one of the methods is omitted, Django will skip that
+router when performing the relevant check.
+
.. _topics-db-multi-db-hints:
Hints