diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_validations.md b/guides/source/active_record_validations.md
index 3bfc600e7cb6a3357b73b5aa6be074d77a065ed6..d95b587e783c7f8b53bb4a0778caa28a1ad21ccc 100644
--- a/guides/source/active_record_validations.md
+++ b/guides/source/active_record_validations.md
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ database only if the object is valid:
 
 The bang versions (e.g. `save!`) raise an exception if the record is invalid.
 The non-bang versions don't, `save` and `update` return `false`,
-`create` just return the objects.
+`create` just returns the object.
 
 ### Skipping Validations