diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
index 94af33d777237a53d14296c7f30edb6101a1fd6f..4218174442bdba53163d2bf14d98c2ef90cec145 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ module ClassMethods
       # * <tt>collection=objects</tt> - replaces the collections content by deleting and adding objects as appropriate.
       # * <tt>collection_singular_ids=ids</tt> - replace the collection by the objects identified by the primary keys in +ids+
       # * <tt>collection.clear</tt> - removes every object from the collection. This destroys the associated objects if they
-      #   are <tt>:dependent</tt>, deletes them directly from the database if they are <tt>:exclusively_dependent</tt>,
+      #   are <tt>:dependent</tt>, deletes them directly from the database if they are <tt>:dependent => :delete_all</tt>,
       #   and sets their foreign keys to NULL otherwise.
       # * <tt>collection.empty?</tt> - returns true if there are no associated objects.
       # * <tt>collection.size</tt> - returns the number of associated objects.
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb
index a66248ff2e0ae3a7150ae7c7d25beb3e27757968..8e249d1b943e9c4479108ff5925cf57da4952468 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def delete(*records)
       def clear
         return self if length.zero? # forces load_target if hasn't happened already
 
-        if @reflection.options[:exclusively_dependent]
+        if @reflection.options[:dependent] && @reflection.options[:dependent] == :delete_all
           destroy_all
         else          
           delete_all
diff --git a/activerecord/test/fixtures/company.rb b/activerecord/test/fixtures/company.rb
index 8de66d9526e237c90e3d6c0571aba0119617be6b..b0694ff361566fbf5e685e528ec5b00117b2f7ce 100755
--- a/activerecord/test/fixtures/company.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/fixtures/company.rb
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ class Company < ActiveRecord::Base
 
 
 class Firm < Company
-  has_many :clients, :order => "id", :dependent => true, :counter_sql =>
+  has_many :clients, :order => "id", :dependent => :destroy, :counter_sql =>
       "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM companies WHERE firm_id = 1 " +
       "AND (#{QUOTED_TYPE} = 'Client' OR #{QUOTED_TYPE} = 'SpecialClient' OR #{QUOTED_TYPE} = 'VerySpecialClient' )"
   has_many :clients_sorted_desc, :class_name => "Client", :order => "id DESC"
   has_many :clients_of_firm, :foreign_key => "client_of", :class_name => "Client", :order => "id"
-  has_many :dependent_clients_of_firm, :foreign_key => "client_of", :class_name => "Client", :order => "id", :dependent => true
-  has_many :exclusively_dependent_clients_of_firm, :foreign_key => "client_of", :class_name => "Client", :order => "id", :exclusively_dependent => true
+  has_many :dependent_clients_of_firm, :foreign_key => "client_of", :class_name => "Client", :order => "id", :dependent => :destroy
+  has_many :exclusively_dependent_clients_of_firm, :foreign_key => "client_of", :class_name => "Client", :order => "id", :dependent => :delete_all
   has_many :limited_clients, :class_name => "Client", :order => "id", :limit => 1
   has_many :clients_like_ms, :conditions => "name = 'Microsoft'", :class_name => "Client", :order => "id"
   has_many :clients_using_sql, :class_name => "Client", :finder_sql => 'SELECT * FROM companies WHERE client_of = #{id}'
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Firm < Company
            :finder_sql  => 'SELECT * FROM companies WHERE client_of = 1000',
            :counter_sql => 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM companies WHERE client_of = 1000'
 
-  has_one :account, :foreign_key => "firm_id", :dependent => true
+  has_one :account, :foreign_key => "firm_id", :dependent => :destroy
 end
 
 class DependentFirm < Company
diff --git a/activerecord/test/fixtures/company_in_module.rb b/activerecord/test/fixtures/company_in_module.rb
index df476520b8948250f492b1cb18c607059ea5635d..7372134ae90bd5616ce0ab76587d55965bf0234e 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/fixtures/company_in_module.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/fixtures/company_in_module.rb
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ class Company < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
     
     class Firm < Company
-      has_many :clients, :order => "id", :dependent => true
+      has_many :clients, :order => "id", :dependent => :destroy
       has_many :clients_sorted_desc, :class_name => "Client", :order => "id DESC"
       has_many :clients_of_firm, :foreign_key => "client_of", :class_name => "Client", :order => "id"
       has_many :clients_like_ms, :conditions => "name = 'Microsoft'", :class_name => "Client", :order => "id"
       has_many :clients_using_sql, :class_name => "Client", :finder_sql => 'SELECT * FROM companies WHERE client_of = #{id}'
 
-      has_one :account, :dependent => true
+      has_one :account, :dependent => :destroy
     end
 
     class Client < Company
diff --git a/activerecord/test/fixtures/reply.rb b/activerecord/test/fixtures/reply.rb
index 44a23cd2ddfc511fd53b22a9f39fb24e9f409d44..bf7781e81414d46b2cef168fddbc6b6797f6d81e 100755
--- a/activerecord/test/fixtures/reply.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/fixtures/reply.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 class Reply < Topic
   belongs_to :topic, :foreign_key => "parent_id", :counter_cache => true
-  has_many :replies, :class_name => "SillyReply", :dependent => true, :foreign_key => "parent_id"
+  has_many :replies, :class_name => "SillyReply", :dependent => :destroy, :foreign_key => "parent_id"
 
   validate :errors_on_empty_content
   validate_on_create :title_is_wrong_create
diff --git a/activerecord/test/fixtures/topic.rb b/activerecord/test/fixtures/topic.rb
index 1941080ec7b4413fec61d1daa09bab5f83a68fcf..9b20f02cb0efcfe7cccbe035b8d9a8447ab49744 100755
--- a/activerecord/test/fixtures/topic.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/fixtures/topic.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Topic < ActiveRecord::Base
-  has_many :replies, :dependent => true, :foreign_key => "parent_id"
+  has_many :replies, :dependent => :destroy, :foreign_key => "parent_id"
   serialize :content
   
   before_create  :default_written_on
diff --git a/activerecord/test/reflection_test.rb b/activerecord/test/reflection_test.rb
index 9b70762a5a06a5f30311a1daf7cb779de87de27c..a409a5a5202f9876fc80883ebe59af152218380d 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/reflection_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/reflection_test.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def test_aggregation_reflection
   end
 
   def test_has_many_reflection
-    reflection_for_clients = ActiveRecord::Reflection::AssociationReflection.new(:has_many, :clients, { :order => "id", :dependent => true }, Firm)
+    reflection_for_clients = ActiveRecord::Reflection::AssociationReflection.new(:has_many, :clients, { :order => "id", :dependent => :destroy }, Firm)
 
     assert_equal reflection_for_clients, Firm.reflect_on_association(:clients)
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def test_has_many_reflection
   end
 
   def test_has_one_reflection
-    reflection_for_account = ActiveRecord::Reflection::AssociationReflection.new(:has_one, :account, { :foreign_key => "firm_id", :dependent => true }, Firm)
+    reflection_for_account = ActiveRecord::Reflection::AssociationReflection.new(:has_one, :account, { :foreign_key => "firm_id", :dependent => :destroy }, Firm)
     assert_equal reflection_for_account, Firm.reflect_on_association(:account)
 
     assert_equal Account, Firm.reflect_on_association(:account).klass