diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile b/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile
index 294ef25b33e6d..eceeb814fdcba 100644
--- a/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile
+++ b/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile
@@ -259,6 +259,54 @@ SELECT * FROM clients WHERE (clients.id IN (1,10))
WARNING: Model.find(array_of_primary_key) will raise an +ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound+ exception unless a matching record is found for all of the supplied primary keys.
+h5. take
+
+Model.take(limit) retrieves the first number of records specified by +limit+ without any explicit ordering:
+
+
+Client.take(2)
+# => [#,
+ #]
+
+
+The SQL equivalent of the above is:
+
+
+SELECT * FROM clients LIMIT 2
+
+
+h5. first
+
+Model.first(limit) finds the first number of records specified by +limit+ ordered by primary key:
+
+
+Client.first(2)
+# => [#,
+ #]
+
+
+The SQL equivalent of the above is:
+
+
+SELECT * FROM clients LIMIT 2
+
+
+h5. last
+
+Model.last(limit) finds the number of records specified by +limit+ ordered by primary key in descending order:
+
+
+Client.last(2)
+# => [#,
+ #]
+
+
+The SQL equivalent of the above is:
+
+
+SELECT * FROM clients ORDER By id DESC LIMIT 2
+
+
h4. Retrieving Multiple Objects in Batches
We often need to iterate over a large set of records, as when we send a newsletter to a large set of users, or when we export data.