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diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
index c03c77cb4a..d14c5f940b 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module ActionController
# "302 Moved" HTTP response that takes the user to the index action.
#
# These two methods represent the two basic action archetypes used in Action Controllers. Get-and-show and do-and-redirect.
- # Most actions are variations of these themes.
+ # Most actions are variations on these themes.
#
# == Requests
#
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ module ActionController
#
# Title: <%= @post.title %>
#
- # You don't have to rely on the automated rendering. Especially actions that could result in the rendering of different templates will use
- # the manual rendering methods:
+ # You don't have to rely on the automated rendering. For example, actions that could result in the rendering of different templates
+ # will use the manual rendering methods:
#
# def search
# @results = Search.find(params[:query])
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ module ActionController
#
# == Redirects
#
- # Redirects are used to move from one action to another. For example, after a <tt>create</tt> action, which stores a blog entry to a database,
- # we might like to show the user the new entry. Because we're following good DRY principles (Don't Repeat Yourself), we're going to reuse (and redirect to)
- # a <tt>show</tt> action that we'll assume has already been created. The code might look like this:
+ # Redirects are used to move from one action to another. For example, after a <tt>create</tt> action, which stores a blog entry to the
+ # database, we might like to show the user the new entry. Because we're following good DRY principles (Don't Repeat Yourself), we're
+ # going to reuse (and redirect to) a <tt>show</tt> action that we'll assume has already been created. The code might look like this:
#
# def create
# @entry = Entry.new(params[:entry])
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ module ActionController
# end
# end
#
- # In this case, after saving our new entry to the database, the user is redirected to the <tt>show</tt> method which is then executed.
+ # In this case, after saving our new entry to the database, the user is redirected to the <tt>show</tt> method, which is then executed.
+ # Note that this is an external HTTP-level redirection which will cause the browser to make a second request (a GET to the show action),
+ # and not some internal re-routing which calls both "create" and then "show" within one request.
#
# Learn more about <tt>redirect_to</tt> and what options you have in ActionController::Redirecting.
#