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@@ -983,13 +983,16 @@ You can also add `novalidate` to a specific form by setting the option on the fo
 <%= simple_form_for(resource, html: { novalidate: true }) do |form| %>
 ```
 
-Please notice that any of the configurations above will not disable the `placeholder` component,
-which is an HTML 5 feature. We believe most of the newest browsers are handling this attribute fine,
-and if they aren't, any plugin you use would take of using the placeholder attribute to do it.
-However, you can disable it if you want, by removing the placeholder component from the components
-list in **Simple Form** configuration file.
+Please notice that none of the configurations above will disable the `placeholder` component,
+which is an HTML 5 feature. We believe most of the newest browsers are handling this attribute
+just fine, and if they aren't, any plugin you use would take care of applying the placeholder.
+In any case, you can disable it if you really want to, by removing the placeholder component
+from the components list in the **Simple Form** configuration file.
 
-HTML 5 date / time inputs are off by default and will produce select-boxes even if you have HTML 5 turned on in your config file. To force them on in a per-input fashion do:
+HTML 5 date / time inputs are not generated by **Simple Form** by default, so using `date`,
+`time` or `datetime` will all generate select boxes using normal Rails helpers. We believe
+browsers are not totally ready for these yet, but you can easily opt-in on a per-input basis
+by passing the html5 option:
 
 ```erb
 <%= f.input :expires_at, as: :date, html5: true %>