diff --git a/user_guide/database/active_record.html b/user_guide/database/active_record.html
index e34b2a22..6ef7d96e 100644
--- a/user_guide/database/active_record.html
+++ b/user_guide/database/active_record.html
@@ -517,12 +517,37 @@ <h2>$this->db->insert();</h2>
 <br /><br />
 // Produces: INSERT INTO mytable (title, content, date) VALUES ('My Title', 'My Content', 'My Date')</code>
 
-<p>The first parameter will contain the table name, the second is an associative array of values.</p>
-
 <p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> All values are escaped automatically producing safer queries.</p>
 
 
 
+<h2>$this->db->insert_batch();</h2> 
+<p>Generates an insert string based on the data you supply, and runs the query. You can pass a
+<strong>multidimensional array</strong> to the function:</p> 
+ 
+<code> 
+$data = array(<br/> 
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;array(<br /> 
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'title' => 'My title' ,<br /> 
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'name' => 'My Name' ,<br /> 
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'date' => 'My date'<br /> 
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;),<br /> 
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;array(<br /> 
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'title' => 'Another title' ,<br /> 
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'name' => 'Another Name' ,<br /> 
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'date' => 'Another date'<br /> 
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)<br/> 
+);<br /> 
+<br /> 
+$this->db->update_batch('mytable', $data);
+<br /><br /> 
+// Produces: INSERT INTO mytable (title, name, date) VALUES ('My title', 'My name', 'My date'),  ('Another title', 'Another name', 'Another date')</code> 
+ 
+<p>The first parameter will contain the table name, the second is a multidimensional associative array of values.</p> 
+ 
+<p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> All values are escaped automatically producing safer queries.</p> 
+
+
 
 <h2>$this->db->set();</h2>
 <p>This function enables you to set values for <dfn>inserts</dfn> or <dfn>updates</dfn>.</p>