diff --git a/extensions/sphinx/ActiveRecord.php b/extensions/sphinx/ActiveRecord.php
index e62620c..a59c065 100644
--- a/extensions/sphinx/ActiveRecord.php
+++ b/extensions/sphinx/ActiveRecord.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ use Yii;
  * @author Paul Klimov <klimov.paul@gmail.com>
  * @since 2.0
  */
-class ActiveRecord extends Model
+abstract class ActiveRecord extends Model
 {
 	/**
 	 * @event Event an event that is triggered when the record is initialized via [[init()]].
diff --git a/extensions/sphinx/README.md b/extensions/sphinx/README.md
index 35c400a..ae7c285 100644
--- a/extensions/sphinx/README.md
+++ b/extensions/sphinx/README.md
@@ -66,4 +66,53 @@ return [
 		],
 	],
 ];
+```
+
+This extension provides ActiveRecord solution similar ot the [[\yii\db\ActiveRecord]].
+To declare an ActiveRecord class you need to extend [[\yii\sphinx\ActiveRecord]] and
+implement the `indexName` method:
+
+```php
+use yii\sphinx\ActiveRecord;
+
+class Article extends ActiveRecord
+{
+	/**
+	 * @return string the name of the index associated with this ActiveRecord class.
+	 */
+	public static function indexName()
+	{
+		return 'idx_article';
+	}
+}
+```
+
+You can use [[\yii\data\ActiveDataProvider]] with the [[\yii\sphinx\Query]] and [[\yii\sphinx\ActiveQuery]]:
+
+```php
+use yii\data\ActiveDataProvider;
+use yii\sphinx\Query;
+
+$query = new Query;
+$query->from('yii2_test_article_index')->match('development');
+$provider = new ActiveDataProvider([
+	'query' => $query,
+	'pagination' => [
+		'pageSize' => 10,
+	]
+]);
+$models = $provider->getModels();
+```
+
+```php
+use yii\data\ActiveDataProvider;
+use app\models\Article;
+
+$provider = new ActiveDataProvider([
+	'query' => Article::find(),
+	'pagination' => [
+		'pageSize' => 10,
+	]
+]);
+$models = $provider->getModels();
 ```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/unit/extensions/sphinx/ActiveDataProviderTest.php b/tests/unit/extensions/sphinx/ActiveDataProviderTest.php
index 17a0970..6a81900 100644
--- a/tests/unit/extensions/sphinx/ActiveDataProviderTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/extensions/sphinx/ActiveDataProviderTest.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace yiiunit\extensions\sphinx;
 
 use yii\data\ActiveDataProvider;
+use yii\sphinx\Query;
 use yiiunit\data\sphinx\ar\ActiveRecord;
 use yiiunit\data\sphinx\ar\ArticleIndex;
 
@@ -19,6 +20,29 @@ class ActiveDataProviderTest extends SphinxTestCase
 
 	// Tests :
 
+	public function testQuery()
+	{
+		$query = new Query;
+		$query->from('yii2_test_article_index');
+
+		$provider = new ActiveDataProvider([
+			'query' => $query,
+			'db' => $this->getConnection(),
+		]);
+		$models = $provider->getModels();
+		$this->assertEquals(2, count($models));
+
+		$provider = new ActiveDataProvider([
+			'query' => $query,
+			'db' => $this->getConnection(),
+			'pagination' => [
+				'pageSize' => 1,
+			]
+		]);
+		$models = $provider->getModels();
+		$this->assertEquals(1, count($models));
+	}
+
 	public function testActiveQuery()
 	{
 		$provider = new ActiveDataProvider([