diff --git a/cake/libs/model/behaviors/containable.php b/cake/libs/model/behaviors/containable.php
index 7d9a96536..f2e30f8c6 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/behaviors/containable.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/behaviors/containable.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class ContainableBehavior extends ModelBehavior {
  * 				disables this feature. DEFAULTS TO: true
  *
  * - notices:	(boolean, optional) issues E_NOTICES for bindings referenced in a
- * 				containable call that are not valid. DEFAULTS TO: false
+ * 				containable call that are not valid. DEFAULTS TO: true
  *
  * - autoFields: (boolean, optional) auto-add needed fields to fetch requested
  * 				bindings. DEFAULTS TO: true
@@ -297,8 +297,10 @@ class ContainableBehavior extends ModelBehavior {
 				}
 			}
 
-			if ($throwErrors && (!isset($Model->{$name}) || !is_object($Model->{$name}))) {
-				trigger_error(__(sprintf('Model "%s" is not associated with model "%s"', $Model->alias, $name), true), E_USER_WARNING);
+			if (!isset($Model->{$name}) || !is_object($Model->{$name})) {
+				if ($throwErrors) {
+					trigger_error(__(sprintf('Model "%s" is not associated with model "%s"', $Model->alias, $name), true), E_USER_WARNING);
+				}
 				continue;
 			}
 
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/behaviors/containable.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/behaviors/containable.test.php
index 627defc63..ec000d02b 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/behaviors/containable.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/behaviors/containable.test.php
@@ -87,6 +87,14 @@ class ContainableTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertEqual(Set::extract('/ArticleFeatured/keep/Featured/fields', $r), array('id'));
 	}
 
+	function testInvalidContainments() {
+		$this->expectError();
+		$r = $this->__containments($this->Article, array('Comment', 'InvalidBinding'));
+
+		$this->Article->Behaviors->attach('Containable', array('notices' => false));
+		$r = $this->__containments($this->Article, array('Comment', 'InvalidBinding'));
+	}
+
 	function testBeforeFind() {
 		$r = $this->Article->find('all', array('contain' => array('Comment')));
 		$this->assertFalse(Set::matches('/User', $r));