diff --git a/docs/06-concepts/03-data-and-the-database/01-models/02-inheritance-and-polymorphism.md b/docs/06-concepts/03-data-and-the-database/01-models/02-inheritance-and-polymorphism.md
index 21ab514b..8cdec01b 100644
--- a/docs/06-concepts/03-data-and-the-database/01-models/02-inheritance-and-polymorphism.md
+++ b/docs/06-concepts/03-data-and-the-database/01-models/02-inheritance-and-polymorphism.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fields:
 
 This will generate a class with both `name` and `age` fields.
 
-In the generated class, inherited fields come first. To place a field at the end of the combined field list instead, mark it with the `tail` keyword, e.g. `notes: String?, tail`. Tail fields from child classes appear before tail fields from parent classes, and the keyword is not allowed on the `id` field.
+In the generated class, inherited fields come first. To change that for a field, mark it with the `tail` keyword. See [Ordering inherited fields](#ordering-inherited-fields).
 
 #### Inheritance on table models
 
@@ -73,6 +73,51 @@ As the example shows, indexes can be defined on inherited fields in a child clas
 
 To use a base model that is shared between server and client and extend it on the server with a table, see [Shared packages](./shared-packages).
 
+### Ordering inherited fields
+
+Inherited fields are ordered from the root class down to the child class. Since a base class is declared first, its audit fields end up in front of the fields that describe the child. Mark a field with the `tail` keyword to push it behind every normal field in the hierarchy instead.
+
+Add `tail` after the field type and any other keywords:
+
+```yaml
+class: BaseEntity
+fields:
+  ownerId: UuidValue
+  createdAt: DateTime, default=now, tail
+  updatedAt: DateTime, default=now, tail
+```
+
+Tail ordering applies across the whole hierarchy. Normal fields keep their root-to-child order, and the tail fields follow, starting from the most specific child and working back toward the root parent:
+
+```yaml
+class: Document
+extends: BaseEntity
+fields:
+  authorName: String
+  archivedAt: DateTime?, tail
+```
+
+```yaml
+class: Article
+extends: Document
+fields:
+  title: String
+  publishedAt: DateTime?, tail
+```
+
+The generated `Article` class orders its fields like this:
+
+1. `ownerId`, a normal field from the root class.
+2. `authorName`, a normal field from the parent class.
+3. `title`, a normal field from the child class.
+4. `publishedAt`, a tail field from the child class.
+5. `archivedAt`, a tail field from the parent class.
+6. `createdAt` and `updatedAt`, tail fields from the root class, in the order they are declared.
+
+The same order applies to the generated constructor parameters and the serialized output. For table models it also determines the generated table definition, where the primary `id` column always comes first. The `tail` keyword cannot be used on `id`.
+
+Adding or removing `tail` only affects generated code. It does not rename a database column, and it does not produce a migration that reorders the columns of an existing table.
+
 ### Sealed classes
 
 In addition to the `extends` keyword, you can also use the `sealed` keyword to create sealed class hierarchies. The compiler then knows all subclasses, so a `switch` over the model is exhaustive and every possible case must be handled.
diff --git a/docs/06-concepts/lookups/model-reference.md b/docs/06-concepts/lookups/model-reference.md
index 494b70e3..22e5265d 100644
--- a/docs/06-concepts/lookups/model-reference.md
+++ b/docs/06-concepts/lookups/model-reference.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Every keyword available in a Serverpod model file, and whether it applies to a `
 | [**fields**](../data-and-the-database/models#class)                                           | All fields in the generated class should be listed here.                                                                                                          |            ✅            |                ✅                |                        |
 | [**type (fields)**](../data-and-the-database/models#class)                                    | Denotes the data type for a field.                                                                                                                                |            ✅            |                ✅                |                        |
 | [**required**](../data-and-the-database/models#required-fields)                               | Makes the field required. This keyword can only be used for **nullable** fields.                                                                                  |            ✅            |                ✅                |                        |
-| [**tail**](../data-and-the-database/models/inheritance-and-polymorphism#extending-a-class)    | Places the field at the end of the combined field list when inherited. Not allowed on the `id` field.                                                             |            ✅            |                ✅                |                        |
+| [**tail**](../data-and-the-database/models/inheritance-and-polymorphism#ordering-inherited-fields) | Places the field after all normal fields of an inheritance hierarchy. Child tail fields come before parent tail fields. Not allowed on the `id` field.      |            ✅            |                ✅                |                        |
 | [**scope**](../data-and-the-database/models#limiting-visibility-of-a-generated-class)         | Denotes the scope for a field.                                                                                                                                    |            ✅            |                                  |                        |
 | [**jsonKey**](../data-and-the-database/models#json-key-aliasing)                              | Sets a custom key name for JSON serialization and deserialization.                                                                                                |            ✅            |                                  |                        |
 | [**column**](../data-and-the-database/database/tables#column-name-override)                   | Overrides the database column name for a field.                                                                                                                   |            ✅            |                                  |                        |