diff --git a/guides/source/api_app.md b/guides/source/api_app.md
index 29ca872254773017a54bd8fa730af29b24695b54..1652d9108619bbd975dee97a5f5d099205e2518a 100644
--- a/guides/source/api_app.md
+++ b/guides/source/api_app.md
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ controller modules by default:
   methods returning `ActionDispatch::Request` and `ActionDispatch::Response`
   objects.
 - `ActionController::DataStreaming`: Support for `send_file` and `send_data`.
-- `AbstractController::Callbacks`: Support for `before_filter` and friends.
+- `AbstractController::Callbacks`: Support for `before_action` and friends.
 - `ActionController::Instrumentation`: Support for the instrumentation
   hooks defined by Action Controller (see [the instrumentation
   guide](active_support_instrumentation.html#action-controller)).