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-rw-r--r--activerecord/lib/active_record/observer.rb6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/observer.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/observer.rb
index fdf17c003c..e940d357da 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/observer.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/observer.rb
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ module ActiveRecord
#
# Observers will not be invoked unless you define these in your application configuration.
#
+ # If you are using Active Record outside Rails, activate the observers explicitly in a configuration or
+ # environment file:
+ #
+ # ActiveRecord::Base.add_observer CommentObserver.instance
+ # ActiveRecord::Base.add_observer SignupObserver.instance
+ #
# == Loading
#
# Observers register themselves in the model class they observe, since it is the class that