diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index dbbf6e7bad..f8d6867a67 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Tom Insam
     Joe Topjian <http://joe.terrarum.net/geek/code/python/django/>
     Karen Tracey <graybark@bellsouth.net>
+    Makoto Tsuyuki <mtsuyuki@gmail.com>
     Amit Upadhyay
     Geert Vanderkelen
     Milton Waddams
diff --git a/docs/db-api.txt b/docs/db-api.txt
index 2f0c8b0589..13a32bd0b8 100644
--- a/docs/db-api.txt
+++ b/docs/db-api.txt
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ or ``UPDATE`` SQL statements. Specifically, when you call ``save()``, Django
 follows this algorithm:
 
     * If the object's primary key attribute is set to a value that evaluates to
-      ``False`` (such as ``None`` or the empty string), Django executes a
-      ``SELECT`` query to determine whether a record with the given primary key
-      already exists.
+      ``True`` (i.e., a value other than ``None`` or the empty string), Django 
+      executes a ``SELECT`` query to determine whether a record with the given 
+      primary key already exists.
     * If the record with the given primary key does already exist, Django
       executes an ``UPDATE`` query.
     * If the object's primary key attribute is *not* set, or if it's set but a