diff --git a/modules/saliency/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/saliency/CMakeLists.txt
index 43ccf9bbf..81f27efbd 100644
--- a/modules/saliency/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/saliency/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 set(the_description "Saliency API")
-ocv_define_module(saliency opencv_imgproc opencv_optim)
+ocv_define_module(saliency)
diff --git a/modules/saliency/doc/misc/Saliency.txt b/modules/saliency/doc/misc/Saliency.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ffe7a4d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/saliency/doc/misc/Saliency.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+@startuml
+class Algorithm {
+}
+class Saliency{
+    String className;
+    ---
+    +static Ptr<Saliency> create( const String& saliencyType )
+    +bool computeSaliency( const Mat& image, Mat& saliencyMap );
+    +String getClassName() const;
+}
+class Saliency
+note right: Saliency is the general interface for each specialized saliency category
+
+class StaticSaliency{
+    +Params
+    ---
+    +bool computeSaliency( const Mat& image, Mat& saliencyMap );
+}
+
+class MotionSaliency{
+    +Params
+    ---
+    +bool computeSaliency( const Mat& image, Mat& saliencyMap );
+}
+
+class Objectness{
+    +Params
+    ---
+    +bool computeSaliency( const Mat& image, Mat& saliencyMap );
+}
+
+class StaticSaliencySpectralResidual{
+    +Params
+    ---
+    StaticSaliencySpectralResidual( const SaliencySpectralResidual::Params &parameters);
+    +bool computeSaliency( const Mat& image, Mat& saliencyMap );
+}
+class MotionSaliencyPBAS{
+    +Params
+    ---
+    MotionSaliencyPBAS();
+    +bool computeSaliency( const Mat& image, Mat& saliencyMap );
+}
+class ObjectnessBING{
+    +Params
+    ---
+    ObjectnessBING();
+    +bool computeSaliency( const Mat& image, Mat& saliencyMap );
+}
+
+Algorithm <|-- Saliency : virtual inheritance
+Saliency <|-- StaticSaliency : virtual inheritance
+Saliency <|-- MotionSaliency : virtual inheritance
+Saliency <|-- Objectness : virtual inheritance
+
+StaticSaliency <|-- StaticSaliencySpectralResidual
+MotionSaliency <|-- MotionSaliencyPBAS
+Objectness <|-- ObjectnessBING
+
+
+note "Single instance of the Static Saliency" as N1
+note "Single instance of the Motion Saliency" as N2
+note "Single instance of the Objectness" as N3
+StaticSaliencySpectralResidual .. N1
+MotionSaliencyPBAS .. N2
+ObjectnessBING .. N3
+
+note "General interface for each specialized type of saliency algorithm" as N4
+StaticSaliency .. N4
+MotionSaliency .. N4
+Objectness .. N4
+
+
+
+@enduml
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new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81e5eb5ab
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