diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake b/activerecord/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake
index d940ac244ae84cb4aae1354929e3301038458e73..b6f36958565517f97ae1dcf16d713b21fbfdb333 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ db_namespace = namespace :db do
     end
   end
 
-  # desc "Empty the database from DATABASE_URL or config/database.yml for the current RAILS_ENV (use db:drop:all to drop all databases in the config). Without RAILS_ENV it defaults to purging the development and test databases."
+  # desc "Empty the database from DATABASE_URL or config/database.yml for the current RAILS_ENV (use db:purge:all to purge all databases in the config). Without RAILS_ENV it defaults to purging the development and test databases."
   task :purge => [:load_config] do
     ActiveRecord::Tasks::DatabaseTasks.purge_current
   end