diff --git a/includes/view.inc b/includes/view.inc
index ea9176a7c63ade746521d0a1fe5f615f384f04d0..a7c6ed217db0e21ea9cecd90b4941326bea09b13 100644
--- a/includes/view.inc
+++ b/includes/view.inc
@@ -1426,13 +1426,14 @@ class view extends views_db_object {
       $this->set_arguments($args);
     }
 
-    // Let modules modify the view just prior to executing it.
-    foreach (module_implements('views_pre_view') as $module) {
-      $function = $module . '_views_pre_view';
+    // Trigger hook_views_pre_preview(). Allow other modules to modify the view
+    // just prior to executing the preview.
+    foreach (module_implements('views_pre_preview') as $module) {
+      $function = $module . '_views_pre_preview';
       $function($this, $display_id, $this->args);
     }
 
-    // Allow hook_views_pre_view() to set the dom_id, then ensure it is set.
+    // Allow hook_views_pre_preview() to set the dom_id, then ensure it is set.
     $this->dom_id = !empty($this->dom_id) ? $this->dom_id : md5($this->name . REQUEST_TIME . rand());
 
     // Allow the display handler to set up for execution.
diff --git a/views.api.php b/views.api.php
index feab443580168d3f418e3f30f3b55e69e96036c6..e19839619b5549d4357b5661925e31637ebc4bac 100644
--- a/views.api.php
+++ b/views.api.php
@@ -954,10 +954,23 @@ function hook_views_form_substitutions() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Allows altering a view at the very beginning of views processing.
+ * Allows altering a view at the very beginning of processing a preview.
  *
  * Occurs before anything is done.
  *
+ * This hook is only triggered when the one of the following are invoked:
+ * - $view->execute_display()
+ * - $view->preview()
+ *
+ * As such code placed in this hook will not fire during:
+ * - $view->build()
+ * - $view->execute()
+ * - $view->render()
+ *
+ * Likely, hook_views_pre_build() or hook_views_pre_execute() are much better
+ * choices for most use cases since they are always invoked, not just when
+ * previewing a display.
+ *
  * Adding output to the view can be accomplished by placing text on
  * $view->attachment_before and $view->attachment_after.
  *
@@ -968,15 +981,15 @@ function hook_views_form_substitutions() {
  * @param array $args
  *   An array of arguments passed into the view.
  */
-function hook_views_pre_view(&$view, &$display_id, &$args) {
+function hook_views_pre_preview(&$view, &$display_id, &$args) {
   // Change the display if the acting user has 'administer site configuration'
   // permission, to display something radically different.
   // (Note that this is not necessarily the best way to solve that task. Feel
   // free to contribute another example!)
   if (
-    $view->name == 'my_special_view' &&
-    user_access('administer site configuration') &&
-    $display_id == 'public_display'
+    $view->name == 'my_special_view'
+    && user_access('administer site configuration')
+    && $display_id == 'public_display'
   ) {
     $view->set_display('private_display');
   }