diff --git a/lib/mongo/collection.rb b/lib/mongo/collection.rb
index b5b98a5..d014ad4 100644
--- a/lib/mongo/collection.rb
+++ b/lib/mongo/collection.rb
@@ -333,6 +333,10 @@ module Mongo
     # @option opts [Boolean] :continue_on_error (+false+) If true, then
     #   continue a bulk insert even if one of the documents inserted
     #   triggers a database assertion (as in a duplicate insert, for instance).
+    #   If not using safe mode, the list of ids returned will
+    #   include the object ids of all documents attempted on insert, even
+    #   if some are rejected on error. When safe mode is
+    #   enabled, any error will raise an OperationFailure exception.
     #   MongoDB v2.0+.
     #
     # @core insert insert-instance_method
diff --git a/test/collection_test.rb b/test/collection_test.rb
index df61389..9b04456 100644
--- a/test/collection_test.rb
+++ b/test/collection_test.rb
@@ -151,6 +151,19 @@ class TestCollection < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  def test_bulk_insert
+    @@test.remove
+    docs = []
+    docs << {:foo => 1}
+    docs << {:foo => 2}
+    docs << {:foo => 3}
+    response = @@test.insert(docs)
+    assert_equal 3, response.length
+    assert response.all? {|id| id.is_a?(BSON::ObjectId)}
+    assert_equal 3, @@test.count
+    @@test.remove
+  end
+
   def test_bulk_insert_with_continue_on_error
     if @@version >= "2.0"
       @@test.create_index([["foo", 1]], :unique => true)