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diff --git a/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/model/USAGE b/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/model/USAGE
index d9efa7a000..b93cf73716 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/model/USAGE
+++ b/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/model/USAGE
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ Description:
should not be suffixed with 'Model'.
As additional parameters, the generator will take attribute pairs described by name and type. These attributes will
- be used to prepopulate the migration to create the table for the model and give you a set of predefined fixture.
- You don't have to think up all attributes up front, but it's a good idea of adding just the baseline of what's
+ be used to prepopulate the migration to create the table for the model and give you a set of predefined fixture. By
+ default, created_at and updated_at timestamps are added to migration for you, so you needn't specify them by hand.
+ You don't have to think up all attributes up front, but it's a good idea of adding just the baseline of what's
needed to start really working with the resource.
The generator creates a model class in app/models, a test suite in test/unit, test fixtures in
@@ -21,6 +22,6 @@ Examples:
Fixtures: test/fixtures/accounts.yml
Migration: db/migrate/XXX_add_accounts.rb
- ./script/generate model post title:string created_on:date body:text published:boolean
-
+ ./script/generate model post title:string body:text published:boolean
+
Creates post model with predefined attributes.