diff --git a/docs/source/callbacks.rst b/docs/source/callbacks.rst
index 88ebceedbd..07aba64255 100644
--- a/docs/source/callbacks.rst
+++ b/docs/source/callbacks.rst
@@ -3,11 +3,47 @@
 
 Callbacks
 =========
+
+Lightning has a callback system to execute arbitrary code. Callbacks should capture NON-ESSENTIAL
+logic that is NOT required for your LightningModule to run.
+
+An overall Lightning system should have:
+
+1. Trainer for all engineering
+2. LightningModule for all research code.
+3. Callbacks for non-essential code.
+
+Example
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    import pytorch_lightning as pl
+
+    class MyPrintingCallback(pl.Callback):
+
+        def on_init_start(self, trainer):
+            print('Starting to init trainer!')
+
+        def on_init_end(self, trainer):
+            print('trainer is init now')
+
+        def on_train_end(self, trainer, pl_module):
+            print('do something when training ends')
+
+    # pass to trainer
+    trainer = pl.Trainer(callbacks=[MyPrintingCallback()])
+
+We successfully extended functionality without polluting our super clean LightningModule research code
+
+Callback Class
+--------------
+
 .. automodule:: pytorch_lightning.callbacks
    :noindex:
    :exclude-members:
         _del_model,
         _save_model,
+        _abc_impl,
         on_epoch_end,
         on_train_end,
         on_epoch_start,
diff --git a/docs/source/hooks.rst b/docs/source/hooks.rst
index 56ba52c5d7..eb6d9f6c0d 100644
--- a/docs/source/hooks.rst
+++ b/docs/source/hooks.rst
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
+Hooks
+-----
+
 .. automodule:: pytorch_lightning.core.hooks
 
 Full list of hooks
-------------------
+
 
 Training set-up
-===============
+================
 - init_ddp_connection
 - init_optimizers
 - configure_apex
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/base.py b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/base.py
index 17dda597a3..ea06cab756 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/base.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/base.py
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ import abc
 class Callback(abc.ABC):
     """Abstract base class used to build new callbacks."""
 
-    def on_init_start(self, trainer, pl_module):
+    def on_init_start(self, trainer):
         """Called when the trainer initialization begins."""
-        assert pl_module is None
+        pass
 
-    def on_init_end(self, trainer, pl_module):
+    def on_init_end(self, trainer):
         """Called when the trainer initialization ends."""
         pass
 
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/callback_hook.py b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/callback_hook.py
index 66bda345ec..f8c2848b07 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/callback_hook.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/callback_hook.py
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ class TrainerCallbackHookMixin(ABC):
         self.callbacks: list[Callback] = []
         self.get_model: Callable = ...
 
-    def on_init_start(self):
+    def on_init_start(self, trainer):
         """Called when the trainer initialization begins."""
         for callback in self.callbacks:
-            callback.on_init_start(self, None)
+            callback.on_init_start(trainer)
 
-    def on_init_end(self):
+    def on_init_end(self, trainer):
         """Called when the trainer initialization ends."""
         for callback in self.callbacks:
-            callback.on_init_end(self, self.get_model())
+            callback.on_init_end(trainer)
 
     def on_fit_start(self):
         """Called when the fit begins."""
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py
index 0a350cb62c..ff1860c0ac 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ class Trainer(TrainerIOMixin,
 
         # Init callbacks
         self.callbacks = callbacks
-        self.on_init_start()
+        self.on_init_start(self)
 
         # benchmarking
         self.benchmark = benchmark
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ class Trainer(TrainerIOMixin,
         self.init_amp(use_amp)
 
         # Callback system
-        self.on_init_end()
+        self.on_init_end(self)
 
     @property
     def slurm_job_id(self) -> int:
diff --git a/tests/trainer/test_trainer.py b/tests/trainer/test_trainer.py
index b2f4a99740..9134378c8f 100644
--- a/tests/trainer/test_trainer.py
+++ b/tests/trainer/test_trainer.py
@@ -630,10 +630,10 @@ def test_trainer_callback_system(tmpdir):
             self.on_test_start_called = False
             self.on_test_end_called = False
 
-        def on_init_start(self, trainer, pl_module):
+        def on_init_start(self, trainer):
             self.on_init_start_called = True
 
-        def on_init_end(self, trainer, pl_module):
+        def on_init_end(self, trainer):
             self.on_init_end_called = True
 
         def on_fit_start(self, trainer, pl_module):