diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
index 6f464d6ad026aba13c70ff96f1f824c8f1e4c106..b4f21410c1d4c20f0a9e8f77ec7036d24ffe0512 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ def lock(locks = true)
     # Any subsequent condition chained to the returned relation will continue
     # generating an empty relation and will not fire any query to the database.
     #
-    # Used in cases where is needed a method or a scope that could return zero
-    # results but the response has to be chainable.
+    # Used in cases where a method or scope could return zero results but the
+    # response needs to be chainable.
     #
     # For example:
     #