diff --git a/django/db/models/manager.py b/django/db/models/manager.py
index f679c5492c34c..46a1710c1c99d 100644
--- a/django/db/models/manager.py
+++ b/django/db/models/manager.py
@@ -69,8 +69,11 @@ def extra(self, *args, **kwargs):
     def get(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return self.get_query_set().get(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def get_or_create(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self.get_query_set().get_or_create(*args, **kwargs)
+    def get_or_create(self, **kwargs):
+        return self.get_query_set().get_or_create(**kwargs)
+        
+    def create(self, **kwargs):
+        return self.get_query_set().create(**kwargs)
 
     def filter(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return self.get_query_set().filter(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/django/db/models/query.py b/django/db/models/query.py
index e826efa7797f2..efbe68cb66444 100644
--- a/django/db/models/query.py
+++ b/django/db/models/query.py
@@ -204,6 +204,15 @@ def get(self, *args, **kwargs):
             raise self.model.DoesNotExist, "%s matching query does not exist." % self.model._meta.object_name
         assert len(obj_list) == 1, "get() returned more than one %s -- it returned %s! Lookup parameters were %s" % (self.model._meta.object_name, len(obj_list), kwargs)
         return obj_list[0]
+        
+    def create(self, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Create a new object with the given kwargs, saving it to the database
+        and returning the created object.
+        """
+        obj = self.model(**kwargs)
+        obj.save()
+        return obj
 
     def get_or_create(self, **kwargs):
         """
diff --git a/docs/db-api.txt b/docs/db-api.txt
index 51089491843eb..15b70ee028835 100644
--- a/docs/db-api.txt
+++ b/docs/db-api.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ the database until you explicitly call ``save()``.
 
 The ``save()`` method has no return value.
 
+To create an object and save it all in one step see the `create`__ method.
+
+__ `create(**kwargs)`_
+
 Auto-incrementing primary keys
 ------------------------------
 
@@ -705,6 +709,20 @@ The ``DoesNotExist`` exception inherits from
     except ObjectDoesNotExist:
         print "Either the entry or blog doesn't exist."
 
+``create(**kwargs)``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+A convenience method for creating an object and saving it all in one step.  Thus::
+
+    p = Person.objects.create(first_name="Bruce", last_name="Springsteen")
+    
+and::
+
+    p = Person(first_name="Bruce", last_name="Springsteen")
+    p.save()
+    
+are equivalent.
+
 ``get_or_create(**kwargs)``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/basic/models.py b/tests/modeltests/basic/models.py
index a4de0f9a81d40..78d943eb97e97 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/basic/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/basic/models.py
@@ -347,4 +347,9 @@ def __str__(self):
 >>> a101 = Article.objects.get(pk=101)
 >>> a101.headline
 'Article 101'
+
+# You can create saved objects in a single step
+>>> a10 = Article.objects.create(headline="Article 10", pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 31, 12, 30, 45))
+>>> Article.objects.get(headline="Article 10")
+<Article: Article 10>
 """