diff --git a/docs/guide/basics.md b/docs/guide/basics.md
index aff4f05..145cc03 100644
--- a/docs/guide/basics.md
+++ b/docs/guide/basics.md
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ a class like `yii\web\Request` can be autoloaded by Yii. If you use a third part
 such as Zend Framework, you may define a path alias `@Zend` which refers to its installation
 directory and Yii will be able to autoload any class in this library.
 
+The following aliases are predefined by the core framework:
+
+- `@yii` - framework directory.
+- `@app` - base path of currently running application.
+- `@runtime` - runtime directory.
+- `@vendor` - Composer vendor directory.
+- `@webroot` - web root directory of currently running web application.
+- `@web` - base URL of currently running web application.
 
 Autoloading
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