diff --git a/base_kanban_stage/README.rst b/base_kanban_stage/README.rst
index 8f683f429..5595366ea 100644
--- a/base_kanban_stage/README.rst
+++ b/base_kanban_stage/README.rst
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ Contributors
 * Dave Lasley <dave@laslabs.com>
 * Oleg Bulkin <obulkin@laslabs.com>
 * Daniel Reis <dreis.pt@hotmail.com>
+* Alex Comba <alex.comba@agilebg.com>
 
 Maintainer
 ----------
diff --git a/base_kanban_stage/__manifest__.py b/base_kanban_stage/__manifest__.py
index ecb053f2f..9d6c0bb28 100644
--- a/base_kanban_stage/__manifest__.py
+++ b/base_kanban_stage/__manifest__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 {
     'name': 'Kanban - Stage Support',
     'summary': 'Provides stage model and abstract logic for inheritance',
-    'version': '10.0.1.0.0',
+    'version': '10.0.1.0.1',
     'author': "LasLabs, Odoo Community Association (OCA)",
     'category': 'base',
     'depends': [
diff --git a/base_kanban_stage/models/base_kanban_abstract.py b/base_kanban_stage/models/base_kanban_abstract.py
index 391c5edda..99195399d 100644
--- a/base_kanban_stage/models/base_kanban_abstract.py
+++ b/base_kanban_stage/models/base_kanban_abstract.py
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ from odoo import api, fields, models
 class BaseKanbanAbstract(models.AbstractModel):
     """ Inherit from this class to add support for Kanban stages to your model.
     All public properties are preceded with kanban_ in order to isolate from
-    child models, with the exception of stage_id, which is a required field in
-    the Kanban widget and must be defined as such. """
+    child models, with the exception of: stage_id, which is a required field in
+    the Kanban widget and must be defined as such, and user_id, which is a
+    special field that has special treatment in some places (such as the
+    mail module).
+    """
 
     _name = 'base.kanban.abstract'
     _order = 'kanban_priority desc, kanban_sequence'
diff --git a/base_kanban_stage/views/base_kanban_abstract.xml b/base_kanban_stage/views/base_kanban_abstract.xml
index 984889565..08a1c9f3e 100644
--- a/base_kanban_stage/views/base_kanban_abstract.xml
+++ b/base_kanban_stage/views/base_kanban_abstract.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
                                 <div class="oe_kanban_bottom_left">
                                     <field name="kanban_priority" widget="priority"/>
                                 </div>
-                                <div class="oe_kanban_bottom_right" t-if="record.kanban_user_id">
+                                <div class="oe_kanban_bottom_right" t-if="record.user_id">
                                     <img t-att-src="kanban_image('res.users', 'image_small', record.kanban_user_id.raw_value)"
                                         class="oe_kanban_avatar_smallbox pull-right"/>
                                 </div>