diff --git a/framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php b/framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php
index 41732caab1d..8931c84f3ed 100644
--- a/framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php
+++ b/framework/db/BaseActiveRecord.php
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ public function getDirtyAttributes($names = null)
      * @param array|null $attributeNames list of attribute names that need to be saved. Defaults to null,
      * meaning all attributes that are loaded from DB will be saved.
      * @return bool whether the saving succeeded (i.e. no validation errors occurred).
+     * @throws Exception in case update or insert failed.
      */
     public function save($runValidation = true, $attributeNames = null)
     {