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diff --git a/‎tests/urlpatterns_reverse/tests.py
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diff --git a/‎tests/urlpatterns_reverse/urls.py
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diff --git a/‎tests/urlpatterns_reverse/views.py
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@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ your code, Django provides the following function:
 .. function:: reverse(viewname, urlconf=None, args=None, kwargs=None, current_app=None)
 
 ``viewname`` can be a :ref:`URL pattern name <naming-url-patterns>` or the
-callable view object. For example, given the following ``url``::
+callable view object used in the URLconf. For example, given the following
+``url``::
 
     from news import views
 
@@ -79,6 +80,26 @@ use for reversing. By default, the root URLconf for the current thread is used.
     Applying further encoding (such as :func:`urllib.parse.quote`) to the output
     of ``reverse()`` may produce undesirable results.
 
+.. admonition:: Reversing class-based views by view object
+
+    The view object can also be the result of calling
+    :meth:`~django.views.generic.base.View.as_view` if the same view object is
+    used in the URLConf. Following the original example, the view object could
+    be defined as:
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+       :caption: ``news/views.py``
+
+        from django.views import View
+
+
+        class ArchiveView(View): ...
+
+
+        archive = ArchiveView.as_view()
+
+    However, remember that namespaced views cannot be reversed by view object.
+
 ``reverse_lazy()``
 ==================
 
 
@@ -522,12 +522,12 @@ def test_illegal_kwargs_message(self):
         with self.assertRaisesMessage(NoReverseMatch, msg):
             reverse("places", kwargs={"arg1": 2})
 
-    def test_func_view_from_cbv(self):
+    def test_view_func_from_cbv(self):
         expected = "/hello/world/"
         url = reverse(views.view_func_from_cbv, kwargs={"name": "world"})
         self.assertEqual(url, expected)
 
-    def test_func_view_from_cbv_no_expected_kwarg(self):
+    def test_view_func_from_cbv_no_expected_kwarg(self):
         with self.assertRaises(NoReverseMatch):
             reverse(views.view_func_from_cbv)
 
 
@@ -137,6 +137,6 @@
     path("includes/", include(other_patterns)),
     # Security tests
     re_path("(.+)/security/$", empty_view, name="security"),
-    # View function from cbv
+    # View function from cbv.
     path("hello/<slug:name>/", view_func_from_cbv),
 ]
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ def bad_view(request, *args, **kwargs):
     raise ValueError("I don't think I'm getting good value for this view")
 
 
-class _HelloView(View):
+class HelloView(View):
     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         return HttpResponse(f"Hello {self.kwargs['name']}")
 
 
-view_func_from_cbv = _HelloView.as_view()
+view_func_from_cbv = HelloView.as_view()
 
 empty_view_partial = partial(empty_view, template_name="template.html")
 empty_view_nested_partial = partial(
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`@@ -137,6 +137,6 @@`
`137`	`137`	`path("includes/", include(other_patterns)),`
`138`	`138`	`# Security tests`
`139`	`139`	`re_path("(.+)/security/$", empty_view, name="security"),`
`140`		`- # View function from cbv`
	`140`	`+ # View function from cbv.`
`141`	`141`	`path("hello/<slug:name>/", view_func_from_cbv),`
`142`	`142`	`]`