diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index 60fd995..9526e4e 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -369,7 +369,10 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
       super
     end
 
-    def self.reset_subclasses #:nodoc:
+    # When using web frameworks other than Rails, call this method before
+    # reloading your model classes to remove all existing instance
+    # methods, validations etc.
+    def self.reset_subclasses
       nonreloadables = []
       subclasses.each do |klass|
         unless ActiveSupport::Dependencies.autoloaded? klass
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb
index 2a8807f..51778bb 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb
@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
       end
 
-      # Verify active connections.
-      def verify_active_connections! #:nodoc:
+      # Verify active connections. If using a framework other than Rails,
+      # call this before handling each action to ensure connections are fresh.
+      def verify_active_connections!
         if @@allow_concurrency
           remove_stale_cached_threads!(@@active_connections) do |name, conn|
             conn.disconnect!