diff --git a/railties/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.textile b/railties/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.textile
index e082fd2941f2f1b575d1249a5bfcfba102f35924..0f024d3b0b6f366d52476ac5d35e37867ce4d52a 100644
--- a/railties/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.textile
+++ b/railties/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.textile
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ Rails follows a simple set of coding style conventions.
 
 * Two spaces, no tabs.
 * No trailing whitespace. Blank lines should not have any space.
-* Indent after private/protected.
+* Do not indent after private/protected. Private/protected should have the same indentation as the methods around.
 * Prefer +&&+/+||+ over +and+/+or+.
 * Prefer class << self block over self.method for class methods.
 * +MyClass.my_method(my_arg)+ not +my_method( my_arg )+ or +my_method my_arg+.