diff --git a/models/BaseEntity.cfc b/models/BaseEntity.cfc
index a3f7a943..bd3db70a 100644
--- a/models/BaseEntity.cfc
+++ b/models/BaseEntity.cfc
@@ -1317,6 +1317,16 @@ component accessors="true" {
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new entity with the given attributes and then saves the entity.
 	 *
+	 * This method always creates and returns a separate entity instance. It does
+	 * not fill, save, or otherwise mutate the entity on which it was called.
+	 * Assign the returned entity when it needs to be used after creation:
+	 *
+	 * ```
+	 * var user = getInstance( "User" ).newEntity();
+	 * user = user.create( { "firstName" : "Dave" } );
+	 * user.isLoaded(); // true
+	 * ```
+	 *
 	 * @attributes                   A struct of key / value pairs.
 	 * @ignoreNonExistentAttributes  If true, does not throw an exception if an
 	 *                               attribute does not exist.  Instead, it skips
diff --git a/tests/specs/integration/BaseEntity/CreateSpec.cfc b/tests/specs/integration/BaseEntity/CreateSpec.cfc
index 5b1c7b32..e707b920 100644
--- a/tests/specs/integration/BaseEntity/CreateSpec.cfc
+++ b/tests/specs/integration/BaseEntity/CreateSpec.cfc
@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@ component extends="tests.resources.ModuleIntegrationSpec" {
 				).notToBeNull();
 			} );
 
+			it( "returns a separate loaded entity without mutating the original entity", function() {
+				var originalUser = getInstance( "User" ).newEntity();
+				var createdUser  = originalUser.create( {
+					"username"   : "Dave",
+					"first_name" : "Dave",
+					"last_name"  : "Create",
+					"password"   : hash( "password" )
+				} );
+
+				expect( originalUser.isLoaded() ).toBeFalse();
+				expect( originalUser.isNullAttribute( "username" ) ).toBeTrue();
+				expect( createdUser.isLoaded() ).toBeTrue();
+				expect( createdUser.getUsername() ).toBe( "Dave" );
+			} );
+
 			it( "can ignore non-existant properties", function() {
 				var user = getInstance( "User" ).create(
 					{