diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/form.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/form.php
index 0dbaec02ca0..ecf4ede207a 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/form.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/form.php
@@ -173,8 +173,11 @@ function _isRequiredField($validateProperties) {
  *
  * - `type` Form method defaults to POST
  * - `action`  The controller action the form submits to, (optional).
- * - `url`  The url the form submits to. Can be a string or a url array,
- * - `default`  Allows for the creation of Ajax forms.
+ * - `url`  The url the form submits to. Can be a string or a url array.  If you use 'url'
+ *    you should leave 'action' undefined.
+ * - `default`  Allows for the creation of Ajax forms. Set this to false to prevent the default event handler.
+ *   Will create an onsubmit attribute if it doesn't not exist. If it does, default action suppression
+ *   will be appended.
  * - `onsubmit` Used in conjunction with 'default' to create ajax forms.
  * - `inputDefaults` set the default $options for FormHelper::input(). Any options that would
  *    be set when using FormHelper::input() can be set here.  Options set with `inputDefaults`
@@ -294,19 +297,18 @@ function create($model = null, $options = array()) {
 		unset($options['type'], $options['action']);
 
 		if ($options['default'] == false) {
-			if (isset($htmlAttributes['onSubmit']) || isset($htmlAttributes['onsubmit'])) {
-				$htmlAttributes['onsubmit'] .= ' event.returnValue = false; return false;';
-			} else {
-				$htmlAttributes['onsubmit'] = 'event.returnValue = false; return false;';
+			if (!isset($options['onsubmit'])) {
+				$options['onsubmit'] = '';
 			}
+			$htmlAttributes['onsubmit'] = $options['onsubmit'] . 'event.returnValue = false; return false;';
 		}
+		unset($options['default']);
 
 		if (!empty($options['encoding'])) {
 			$htmlAttributes['accept-charset'] = $options['encoding'];
 			unset($options['encoding']);
 		}
 
-		unset($options['default']);
 		$htmlAttributes = array_merge($options, $htmlAttributes);
 
 		$this->fields = array();
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/form.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/form.test.php
index a2e3684bdaf..c1049ec67b5 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/form.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/form.test.php
@@ -5756,9 +5756,17 @@ function testCreate() {
 		);
 		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
 
-		$this->Form->request->data = array();
-		$this->Form->request['controller'] = 'contacts';
-		$this->Form->request['models'] = array('Contact' => array('plugin' => null, 'className' => 'Contact'));
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Test the onsubmit option for create()
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testCreateOnSubmit() {
+		$this->Form->data = array();
+		$this->Form->params['controller'] = 'contacts';
+		$this->Form->params['models'] = array('Contact');
 		$result = $this->Form->create(array('url' => array('action' => 'index', 'param'), 'default' => false));
 		$expected = array(
 			'form' => array(
@@ -5771,14 +5779,20 @@ function testCreate() {
 		);
 		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
 
-		$this->Form->request->data = array();
-		$this->Form->request['controller'] = 'contacts';
-		$this->Form->request['models'] = array('Contact' => array('plugin' => null, 'className' => 'Contact'));
-		$result = $this->Form->create(array('url' => array('action' => 'index', 'param'), 'default' => false, 'onsubmit' => 'someFunction();'));
+		$this->Form->data = array();
+		$this->Form->params['controller'] = 'contacts';
+		$this->Form->params['models'] = array('Contact');
+		$result = $this->Form->create(array(
+			'url' => array('action' => 'index', 'param'),
+			'default' => false,
+			'onsubmit' => 'someFunction();'
+		));
 
 		$expected = array(
 			'form' => array(
-				'id' => 'ContactAddForm', 'method' => 'post', 'onsubmit' => 'someFunction(); event.returnValue = false; return false;', 'action' => '/contacts/index/param',
+				'id' => 'ContactAddForm', 'method' => 'post', 
+				'onsubmit' => 'someFunction();event.returnValue = false; return false;',
+				'action' => '/contacts/index/param',
 				'accept-charset' => 'utf-8'
 			),
 			'div' => array('style' => 'display:none;'),