diff --git a/docs/guide/controller.md b/docs/guide/controller.md
index 2874c66..c665037 100644
--- a/docs/guide/controller.md
+++ b/docs/guide/controller.md
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ class SiteController extends Controller
 ```
 
 As you can see, typical controller contains actions that are public class methods named as `actionSomething`.
+The output of an action is what the method returns. The return value will be handled by the `response` application
+component which can convert the output to differnet formats such as JSON for example. The default behavior
+is to output the value unchanged though.
 
 Routes
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@@ -183,7 +186,6 @@ Filters
 Catching all incoming requests
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-
 See also
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