diff --git a/doc/templates.rst b/doc/templates.rst
index 6626d4ee8..b651851ee 100644
--- a/doc/templates.rst
+++ b/doc/templates.rst
@@ -76,8 +76,24 @@ Twig templates have access to variables provided by the PHP application and
 variables created in templates via the :doc:`set <tags/set>` tag. These
 variables can be manipulated and displayed in the template.
 
-Use a dot (``.``) to access attributes of a variable (methods, properties
-or constants of a PHP object, or items of a PHP array):
+Twig tries to abstract PHP types as much as possible and works with a few basic
+types, supported by ``filters``, ``functions``, and ``tests`` among others:
+
+===================  ===============================
+Twig Type            PHP Type
+===================  ===============================
+string               A string or a Stringable object
+number               An integer or a float
+boolean              ``true`` or ``false``
+null                 ``null``
+iterable (mapping)   An array
+iterable (sequence)  An array
+iterable (object)    An iterable object
+object               An object
+===================  ===============================
+
+The ``iterable`` and ``object`` types expose attributes you can access via the
+dot (``.``) operator:
 
 .. code-block:: twig