diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/USAGE b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/USAGE
index 8c1b7aa2003af..85d90e9c0da6f 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/USAGE
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/USAGE
@@ -9,11 +9,18 @@ Description:
     Note that the arguments specified in the .railsrc file don't affect the
     default values shown above in this help message.
 
+    You can specify which version to use when creating a new rails application 
+    using `rails _<version>_ new`.
+
 Examples:
     `rails new ~/Code/Ruby/weblog`
 
     This generates a new Rails app in ~/Code/Ruby/weblog.
 
+    `rails _<version>_ new weblog`
+
+    This generates a new Rails app with the provided version in ./weblog.
+
     `rails new weblog --api`
 
     This generates a new Rails app in API mode in ./weblog.