diff --git a/packages/ember-data/lib/system/model/errors.js b/packages/ember-data/lib/system/model/errors.js
index 8e26ca78e4f..3ebf5c3ad3f 100644
--- a/packages/ember-data/lib/system/model/errors.js
+++ b/packages/ember-data/lib/system/model/errors.js
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ export default Ember.Object.extend(Ember.Enumerable, Ember.Evented, {
       email: 'invalidEmail'
     });
     user.save().catch(function(){
-      user.get('errors').errorsFor('email'); // ["Doesn't look like a valid email."]
+      user.get('errors').errorsFor('email'); // returns:
+      // [{attribute: "email", message: "Doesn't look like a valid email."}]
     });
     ```