diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index 6f1bd4d3d7b10eccd883a4c30b30a6f5450d225b..961a76e54e15af0fd2a663740ab28f89f027b766 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Added shortcut :id assignment to render_component and friends (before you had to go through :params) #784 [Lucas Carlson]
+
 * Fixed that map.connect should convert arguments to strings #780 [Nicholas Seckar]
 
 * Added UrlHelper#link_to_if/link_to_unless to enable other conditions that just link_to_unless_current #757 [mindel]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/components.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/components.rb
index f4fa05504b02dec153d03a82cd2a51179f77784f..5b6940b189c118ca29d16412a0a5863a00746a4f 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/components.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/components.rb
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
   #     # Performs a method and then lets hello_world output its render
   #     def delegate_action
   #       do_other_stuff_before_hello_world
-  #       render_component :controller => "greeter",  :action => "hello_world"
+  #       render_component :controller => "greeter",  :action => "hello_world", :params => { "person" => "david" }
   #     end
   #   end
   #
   #   class GreeterController < ActionController::Base
   #     def hello_world
-  #       render_text "Hello World!"
+  #       render_text "#{@params['person']} says, Hello World!"
   #     end
   #   end
   #
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def request_for_component(options)
         request_for_component = @request.dup
         request_for_component.send(
           :instance_variable_set, :@parameters, 
-          (options[:params] || {}).merge({ "controller" => options[:controller], "action" => options[:action] })
+          (options[:params] || {}).merge({ "controller" => options[:controller], "action" => options[:action], "id" => options[:id] })
         )
         return request_for_component
       end