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-rw-r--r--activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index 4136868b39..b3a0267276 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
# And instead of writing <tt>Person.where(:last_name => last_name).all</tt>, you just do
# <tt>Person.find_all_by_last_name(last_name)</tt>.
#
+ # It's possible to add an exclamation point (!) on the end of the dynamic finders to get them to raise an
+ # <tt>ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound</tt> error if they do not return any records,
+ # like <tt>Person.find_by_last_name!</tt>.
+ #
# It's also possible to use multiple attributes in the same find by separating them with "_and_".
#
# Person.where(:user_name => user_name, :password => password).first