diff --git a/system/helpers/form_helper.php b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
index 8cae91a..4a62cdb 100644
--- a/system/helpers/form_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
 {
 	function form_button($data = '', $content = '', $extra = '')
 	{
-		$defaults = array('name' => (( ! is_array($data)) ? $data : ''), 'type' => 'submit');
+		$defaults = array('name' => (( ! is_array($data)) ? $data : ''), 'type' => 'button');
 
 		if ( is_array($data) AND isset($data['content']))
 		{
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index c5a2d66..c66ff23 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@
 		<ul>
 			<li>Added the ability to have optgroups in <kbd>form_dropdown()</kbd> within the <a href="helpers/form_helper.html">form helper</a>.</li>
 			<li>Added a doctype() function to the <a href="helpers/html_helper.html">HTML helper</a>.</li>
-			<li>Added ability to force lowercase for url_title() in the <a href="helpers/url_helper.html">URL helper</a>.</li>
+			<li>Added ability to force lowercase for <kbd>url_title()</kbd> in the <a href="helpers/url_helper.html">URL helper</a>.</li>
+			<li>Changed the default "type" of <kbd>form_button()</kbd> to "button" from "submit" in the <a href="helpers/form_helper.html">form helper</a>.</li>
 		</ul>
 	</li>
 	<li>Other Changes
diff --git a/user_guide/helpers/form_helper.html b/user_guide/helpers/form_helper.html
index 8504ac0..ae3b07e 100644
--- a/user_guide/helpers/form_helper.html
+++ b/user_guide/helpers/form_helper.html
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
 echo form_button('name','content');<br />
 <br />
 // Would produce<br />
-&lt;button name="name" type="submit"&gt;Content&lt;/button&gt;
+&lt;button name="name" type="button"&gt;Content&lt;/button&gt;
 </code>
 
 Or you can pass an associative array containing any data you wish your form to contain:
diff --git a/user_guide/helpers/html_helper.html b/user_guide/helpers/html_helper.html
index fd92f4d..e6a6527 100644
--- a/user_guide/helpers/html_helper.html
+++ b/user_guide/helpers/html_helper.html
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@
 <code>
 $this->load->helper('html');<br />
 <br />
+$attributes = array(<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'class' => 'boldlist',<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'id'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=> 'mylist'<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;);<br />
+<br />
 $list = array(<br />
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'colors' => array(<br />
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'red',<br />
@@ -197,7 +202,7 @@
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;);<br />
 <br />
 <br />
-echo ul($list);</code>
+echo ul($list, $attributes);</code>
 
 <p>The above code will produce this:</p>