diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb
index 3ffb7ef4264e5..9abb86caf81b9 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ module Redirecting
     # integer, or a symbol representing the downcased, underscored and symbolized description.
     # Note that the status code must be a 3xx HTTP code, or redirection will not occur.
     #
+    # If you are using XHR requests other than GET or POST and redirecting after the
+    # request then some browsers will follow the redirect using the original request
+    # method. This may lead to undesirable behavior such as a double DELETE. To work
+    # around this  you can return a <tt>303 See Other</tt> status code which will be
+    # followed using a GET request.
+    #
+    # Examples:
+    #   redirect_to posts_url, :status => :see_other
+    #   redirect_to :action => 'index', :status => 303
+    #
     # It is also possible to assign a flash message as part of the redirection. There are two special accessors for the commonly used flash names
     # +alert+ and +notice+ as well as a general purpose +flash+ bucket.
     #