diff --git a/docs/html/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.jd b/docs/html/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.jd
index a8d7615..3c623f6 100644
--- a/docs/html/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.jd
+++ b/docs/html/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.jd
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
 created to handle a new intent.  However, if the target task already has an
 existing instance of the activity at the top of its stack, that instance
 will receive the new intent (in an
-<code>{@link android.app.Activity#onNewIntent onNewIntent()}</code> call);
+{@link android.app.Activity#onNewIntent onNewIntent()} call);
 a new instance is not created.
 In other circumstances &mdash; for example, if an existing instance of the
 "{@code singleTop}" activity is in the target task, but not at the top of
@@ -461,6 +461,22 @@
 &mdash; a new instance would be created and pushed on the stack.
 </p>
 
+<p>Similarly, if you
+<a href="{@docRoot}training/implementing-navigation/ancestral.html">navigate
+up</a> to an activity on the current stack, the behavior is determined by the
+parent activity's launch mode. If the parent activity has launch mode {@code
+singleTop} (or the <code>up</code> intent contains {@link
+android.content.Intent#FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP}), the parent is brought to the
+top of the stack, and its state is preserved. The navigation intent is received
+by the parent activity's {@link android.app.Activity#onNewIntent onNewIntent()}
+method.  If the parent activity has launch mode {@code standard} (and the
+<code>up</code> intent does not contain {@link
+android.content.Intent#FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP}), the current activity and its
+parent are both popped off the stack, and a new instance of the parent activity
+is created to receive the navigation intent.
+</p>
+
+
 <p>
 The "{@code singleTask}" and "{@code singleInstance}" modes also differ from
 each other in only one respect:  A "{@code singleTask}" activity allows other
diff --git a/docs/html/training/implementing-navigation/ancestral.jd b/docs/html/training/implementing-navigation/ancestral.jd
index 12d5005..f4d7c1a 100644
--- a/docs/html/training/implementing-navigation/ancestral.jd
+++ b/docs/html/training/implementing-navigation/ancestral.jd
@@ -133,7 +133,25 @@
 navigateUpFromSameTask()}. When you call this method, it finishes the current activity and
 starts (or resumes) the appropriate parent activity.
 If the target parent activity is in the task's back stack, it is brought
-forward as defined by {@link android.content.Intent#FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP}.</p>
+forward. The way it is brought forward depends on whether the parent activity
+is able to handle an {@link
+android.app.Activity#onNewIntent onNewIntent()} call:</p>
+
+<ul>
+    <li>If the parent activity has launch mode <a
+    href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#lmode">{@code
+    &lt;singleTop>}</a>, or the <code>up</code> intent contains {@link
+    android.content.Intent#FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP}, the parent activity is
+    brought to the top of the stack, and receives the intent through its
+    {@link android.app.Activity#onNewIntent onNewIntent()} method.</li>
+
+    <li>If the parent activity has launch mode <a
+    href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#lmode">{@code
+    &lt;standard>}</a>, and the <code>up</code> intent does not contain
+    {@link android.content.Intent#FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP}, the parent activity
+    is popped off the stack, and a new instance of that activity is created on
+    top of the stack to receive the intent.</li>
+</ul>
 
 <p>For example:</p>
 
@@ -157,7 +175,6 @@
 navigating <em>Up</em> should create a new task that belongs to your app, which
 requires that you create a new back stack.</p>
 
-
 <h3 id="BuildBackStack">Navigate up with a new back stack</h3>
 
 <p>If your activity provides any <a