Createcopy Method does not create empty database

I am using the CreateCopy method in Notes 6. The Help documentation says it should create an empty database but it is not. It is copying documents to the database copy that it is creating. Is this how it should work?

Subject: Createcopy Method does not create empty database

The help also says"If the database property “Database is a template” is checked, the source is treated as a template instead of a database, and the method acts like the CreateFromTemplate method."

and CreateFromTemplate does copy the documents.