diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 408abbde..ed90e041 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
- Remove support for Python 3.8, which has reached end-of-life on 2024-10-07 .
([#747](https://github.com/mitmproxy/pdoc/pull/747), @mhils)
+- Inherited members are now hidden by default if the base class is not part of the documentation.
+ Please make yourself heard in https://github.com/mitmproxy/pdoc/issues/715 if you relied on the old behavior.
## 2024-09-11: pdoc 14.7.0
diff --git a/pdoc/render.py b/pdoc/render.py
index c7f7410a..3fc524ea 100644
--- a/pdoc/render.py
+++ b/pdoc/render.py
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def repr_module(module: pdoc.doc.Module) -> str:
env = Environment(
loader=FileSystemLoader(_default_searchpath),
- extensions=[DefaultMacroExtension],
+ extensions=["jinja2.ext.loopcontrols", DefaultMacroExtension],
autoescape=True,
trim_blocks=True,
lstrip_blocks=True,
diff --git a/pdoc/templates/default/module.html.jinja2 b/pdoc/templates/default/module.html.jinja2
index d1acf56e..9c4b0153 100644
--- a/pdoc/templates/default/module.html.jinja2
+++ b/pdoc/templates/default/module.html.jinja2
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ See https://pdoc.dev/docs/pdoc/render_helpers.html#DefaultMacroExtension for an
{# fmt: off #}
{% defaultmacro inherited(cls) %}
{% for base, members in cls.inherited_members.items() %}
+ {% if base[0] not in all_modules %}
+ {# hide inherited members from modules that are not in the documentation, https://github.com/mitmproxy/pdoc/issues/715 #}
+ {% continue %}
+ {% endif %}
{% set m = None %}{# workaround for https://github.com/pallets/jinja/issues/1427 #}
{% set member_html %}
{% for m in members if is_public(m) | trim %}
diff --git a/test/testdata/demo_long.html b/test/testdata/demo_long.html
index 59cea137..ad4b73ea 100644
--- a/test/testdata/demo_long.html
+++ b/test/testdata/demo_long.html
@@ -1486,16 +1486,6 @@