diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb
index bdb42c3724a0536b406613e0b1663695753eb5c4..7ebe9dfec0736469c3d9a03ad09ec46e5ed034ed 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ module ClassMethods
       #  WHERE title = 'My Post'             |
       #                                      |
       #                                      | # User 2 does the same thing and also
-      #                                      | # infers that his title is unique.
+      #                                      | # infers that their title is unique.
       #                                      | SELECT * FROM comments
       #                                      | WHERE title = 'My Post'
       #                                      |
-      #  # User 1 inserts his comment.       |
+      #  # User 1 inserts their comment.     |
       #  INSERT INTO comments                |
       #  (title, content) VALUES             |
       #  ('My Post', 'hi!')                  |