diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
index dfa3ffab4bf224b199bc22a49098732eb7b627ba..86616abf52fc81447d89ac83e253044acffb1aa9 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def initialize(reflection)
       through_reflection      = reflection.through_reflection
       source_reflection_names = reflection.source_reflection_names
       source_associations     = reflection.through_reflection.klass.reflect_on_all_associations.collect { |a| a.name.inspect }
-      super("Could not find the source association(s) #{source_reflection_names.collect(&:inspect).to_sentence :connector => 'or'} in model #{through_reflection.klass}.  Try 'has_many #{reflection.name.inspect}, :through => #{through_reflection.name.inspect}, :source => <name>'.  Is it one of #{source_associations.to_sentence :connector => 'or'}?")
+      super("Could not find the source association(s) #{source_reflection_names.collect(&:inspect).to_sentence :two_words_connector => ' or ', :last_word_connector => ', or '} in model #{through_reflection.klass}.  Try 'has_many #{reflection.name.inspect}, :through => #{through_reflection.name.inspect}, :source => <name>'.  Is it one of #{source_associations.to_sentence :two_words_connector => ' or ', :last_word_connector => ', or '}?")
     end
   end