diff --git a/lib/active_record/transitions.rb b/lib/active_record/transitions.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/active_record/transitions.rb
+++ b/lib/active_record/transitions.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ module ActiveRecord
       validates_presence_of :state
       validate :state_inclusion
     end
-
+    
+    # The optional options argument is passed to find when reloading so you may
+    # do e.g. record.reload(:lock => true) to reload the same record with an
+    # exclusive row lock. 
     def reload(options = nil)
       super.tap do
         self.class.state_machines.values.each do |sm|
Added comment for reload method