diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
index 7fe6accfbf..19035771a6 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
@@ -170,8 +170,12 @@ module ActionView
       # * <tt>:use_month_names</tt>   - Set to an array with 12 month names if you want to customize month names.
       #   Note: You can also use Rails' i18n functionality for this.
       # * <tt>:date_separator</tt>    - Specifies a string to separate the date fields. Default is "" (i.e. nothing).
-      # * <tt>:start_year</tt>        - Set the start year for the year select. Default is <tt>Date.today.year - 5</tt>.
-      # * <tt>:end_year</tt>          - Set the end year for the year select. Default is <tt>Date.today.year + 5</tt>.
+      # * <tt>:start_year</tt>        - Set the start year for the year select. Default is <tt>Date.today.year - 5</tt>if
+      #   you are creating new record. While editing existing record, <tt>:start_year</tt> defaults to
+      #   <tt>current selected year minus 5</tt>.
+      # * <tt>:end_year</tt>          - Set the end year for the year select. Default is <tt>Date.today.year + 5</tt> if
+      #   you are creating new record. While editing existing record, <tt>:end_year</tt> defaults to
+      #   <tt>current selected year plus 5</tt>.
       # * <tt>:discard_day</tt>       - Set to true if you don't want to show a day select. This includes the day
       #   as a hidden field instead of showing a select field. Also note that this implicitly sets the day to be the
       #   first of the given month in order to not create invalid dates like 31 February.