diff --git a/en/orm/saving-data.rst b/en/orm/saving-data.rst
index cbfb204b53..f76ac22275 100644
--- a/en/orm/saving-data.rst
+++ b/en/orm/saving-data.rst
@@ -211,6 +211,12 @@ associations should be marshalled::
         ]
     ]);
 
+You may also disable marshalling of possible nested associations like so::
+
+    $entity = $articles->newEntity($data, ['associated' => []]);
+    // or...
+    $entity = $articles->patchEntity($entity, $data, ['associated' => []]);
+
 The above indicates that the 'Tags', 'Comments' and 'Users' for the Comments
 should be marshalled. Alternatively, you can use dot notation for brevity::
 
@@ -237,6 +243,9 @@ change the validation set to be used per association::
         ]
     ]);
 
+The :ref:`using-different-validators-per-association` chapter has more information on how to
+use different validators for associated marshalling.
+
 The following diagram gives an overview of what happens inside the
 ``newEntity()`` or ``patchEntity()`` method: