diff --git a/docs/guide/active-record.md b/docs/guide/active-record.md
index fc98f98..7d0c744 100644
--- a/docs/guide/active-record.md
+++ b/docs/guide/active-record.md
@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ $customer->delete();
 Customer::updateAllCounters(array('age' => 1));
 ```
 
-Notice that you can always use the `save` method, and ActiveRecord will automatically perform an INSERT for new records and an UPDATE for existing ones.
+> Info: The `save()` method will either perform an `INSERT` or `UPDATE` SQL statement, depending
+  on whether the ActiveRecord being saved is new or not by checking `ActiveRecord::isNewRecord`.
+
 
 Data Input and Validation
 -------------------------
diff --git a/docs/guide/validation.md b/docs/guide/validation.md
index 0322573..c555913 100644
--- a/docs/guide/validation.md
+++ b/docs/guide/validation.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Compares the specified attribute value with another value and validates if they
 
 Verifies if the attribute represents a date, time or datetime in a proper format.
 
-- `format` the date format that the value being validated should follow accodring to [[http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.createfromformat.php]]. _('Y-m-d')_
+- `format` the date format that the value being validated should follow according to [[http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.createfromformat.php]]. _('Y-m-d')_
 - `timestampAttribute` the name of the attribute to receive the parsing result.
 
 ### `default`: [[DefaultValueValidator]]
@@ -179,4 +179,4 @@ if ($validator->validateValue($email)) {
 }
 ```
 
-TBD: refer to http://www.yiiframework.com/wiki/56/ for the format
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+TBD: refer to http://www.yiiframework.com/wiki/56/ for the format