diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/appearance.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/appearance.rs
index 27f5aee81..4fb14ec31 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/appearance.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/appearance.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
             "Add New Fill",
             ["Window", "Appearance"],
             Some("Cmd+/"),
-            "{ids?|id?, target?: \"object\"|\"contents\"} add a fill on top of each selected object's own stack, on an image right below its Contents row, with its top fill's paint (type without one: its characters' fill; else the default fill). With a fill row active (appearance.setActiveItem), no `ids` and no `target: \"contents\"`, the new fill takes that row's paint, goes right above it, and becomes the active row; appearance.duplicateItem copies a whole row",
+            "{ids?|id?, target?: \"object\"|\"contents\"} add a fill on top of each selected object's own stack, on an image right below its Contents row, with its top fill's paint (type without one: its characters' fill; else the default fill). With a fill row active (appearance.setActiveItem), no `ids`, no `id` and no `target: \"contents\"`, the new fill takes that row's paint, goes right above it, and becomes the active row; appearance.duplicateItem copies a whole row",
             has_doc,
             |s, p| add_item(s, p, true)
         ),
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
             "Add New Stroke",
             ["Window", "Appearance"],
             Some("Cmd+Alt+/"),
-            "{ids?|id?, target?} add a stroke on top of each selected object's own stack, on an image right below its Contents row, with its top stroke's paint and weight (else the default stroke)",
+            "{ids?|id?, target?} add a stroke on top of each selected object's own stack, on an image right below its Contents row, with its top stroke's paint (else the default stroke) and that stroke's weight when it has paint, at least 1 pt",
             has_doc,
             |s, p| add_item(s, p, false)
         ),
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests/appearance.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests/appearance.rs
index 4fea39bdf..9bed4eb34 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests/appearance.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests/appearance.rs
@@ -323,6 +323,36 @@ fn add_fill_copies_the_active_fill_row_right_above_it() {
     assert_eq!(s.appearance_item(), Some(0));
 }
 
+/// With a fill row active, Add New Fill given `id` alone also puts a copy of the top fill on top,
+/// and the active row stays.
+#[test]
+fn add_fill_with_id_leaves_the_active_fill_row_alone() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let id = rect(&mut s, 100.0);
+    run(&mut s, "paint.setFill", json!({"color": "#ff0000"}));
+    run(&mut s, "appearance.addFill", json!({}));
+    run(&mut s, "appearance.setItem", json!({"index": 2, "color": "#0000ff"})); // [red, Stroke, blue]
+    run(&mut s, "appearance.setActiveItem", json!({"index": 0}));
+    run(&mut s, "appearance.addFill", json!({"id": id.0}));
+    let n = node(&s, id);
+    assert_eq!(n.appearance.items.iter().map(AppearanceItem::kind_name).collect::<Vec<_>>(), ["fill", "stroke", "fill", "fill"]);
+    assert_eq!(fill_paint(&n, 0).color().unwrap().to_hex(), "#ff0000");
+    assert_eq!(fill_paint(&n, 3).color().unwrap().to_hex(), "#0000ff");
+    assert_eq!(s.appearance_item(), Some(0));
+}
+
+/// Add New Stroke copies the top stroke's weight but makes the new stroke at least 1 pt.
+#[test]
+fn add_stroke_is_at_least_one_point() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let id = rect(&mut s, 100.0);
+    run(&mut s, "stroke.set", json!({"weight": 0.5}));
+    run(&mut s, "appearance.addStroke", json!({})); // [Fill, Stroke, Stroke]
+    let n = node(&s, id);
+    assert_eq!(stroke(&n, 1).width, 0.5);
+    assert_eq!(stroke(&n, 2).width, 1.0);
+}
+
 /// The new fill above the active fill row takes only the row's paint: the row's opacity, blend
 /// mode, visibility, overprint and effects are not copied (Duplicate Item copies those).
 #[test]