diff --git a/docs/guide/defining-documents.rst b/docs/guide/defining-documents.rst
index 0caa4227..dc136f27 100644
--- a/docs/guide/defining-documents.rst
+++ b/docs/guide/defining-documents.rst
@@ -72,6 +72,25 @@ arguments can be set on all fields:
 :attr:`default` (Default: None)
     A value to use when no value is set for this field.
 
+    The definion of default parameters follow `the general rules on Python
+    <http://docs.python.org/reference/compound_stmts.html#function-definitions>`__,
+    which means that some care should be taken when dealing with default mutable objects 
+    (like in :class:`~mongoengine.ListField` or :class:`~mongoengine.DictField`)::
+
+        class ExampleFirst(Document):
+            # Default an empty list
+            values = ListField(IntField(), default=list)
+
+        class ExampleSecond(Document):
+            # Default a set of values
+            values = ListField(IntField(), default=lambda: [1,2,3])
+
+        class ExampleDangerous(Document):
+            # This can make an .append call to  add values to the default (and all the following objects),
+            # instead to just an object
+            values = ListField(IntField(), default=[1,2,3])
+    
+
 :attr:`unique` (Default: False)
     When True, no documents in the collection will have the same value for this
     field.