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diff --git a/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md b/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md
index 301e0e7e6c..aba3c9ed61 100644
--- a/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md
+++ b/guides/source/working_with_javascript_in_rails.md
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ paintIt = (element, backgroundColor, textColor) ->
element.style.color = textColor
$ ->
- $("a[data-background-color]").click ->
+ $("a[data-background-color]").click (e) ->
+ e.preventDefault()
+
backgroundColor = $(this).data("background-color")
textColor = $(this).data("text-color")
paintIt(this, backgroundColor, textColor)
@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ This will generate the following HTML:
</form>
```
-Note the `data-remote='true'`. Now, the form will be submitted by Ajax rather
+Note the `data-remote="true"`. Now, the form will be submitted by Ajax rather
than by the browser's normal submit mechanism.
You probably don't want to just sit there with a filled out `<form>`, though.
@@ -180,7 +182,7 @@ bind to the `ajax:success` event. On failure, use `ajax:error`. Check it out:
$(document).ready ->
$("#new_post").on("ajax:success", (e, data, status, xhr) ->
$("#new_post").append xhr.responseText
- ).bind "ajax:error", (e, xhr, status, error) ->
+ ).on "ajax:error", (e, xhr, status, error) ->
$("#new_post").append "<p>ERROR</p>"
```
@@ -194,7 +196,17 @@ is very similar to `form_for`. It has a `:remote` option that you can use like
this:
```erb
-<%= form_tag('/posts', remote: true) %>
+<%= form_tag('/posts', remote: true) do %>
+ ...
+<% end %>
+```
+
+This will generate the following HTML:
+
+```html
+<form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/posts" data-remote="true" method="post">
+ ...
+</form>
```
Everything else is the same as `form_for`. See its documentation for full
@@ -299,10 +311,10 @@ The `app/views/users/_user.html.erb` partial contains the following:
The top portion of the index page displays the users. The bottom portion
provides a form to create a new user.
-The bottom form will call the create action on the Users controller. Because
+The bottom form will call the `create` action on the `UsersController`. Because
the form's remote option is set to true, the request will be posted to the
-users controller as an Ajax request, looking for JavaScript. In order to
-service that request, the create action of your controller would look like
+`UsersController` as an Ajax request, looking for JavaScript. In order to
+serve that request, the `create` action of your controller would look like
this:
```ruby