diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb
index 65248f3a325268b93047427cd477e801bb0558b6..6933f3f9b8844c7f179221d0a1284a90be8ab94f 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def persisted?
     #
     # By default, save always runs validations. If any of them fail the action
     # is cancelled and #save returns +false+, and the record won't be saved. However, if you supply
-    # validate: false, validations are bypassed altogether. See
+    # <tt>validate: false</tt>, validations are bypassed altogether. See
     # ActiveRecord::Validations for more information.
     #
     # By default, #save also sets the +updated_at+/+updated_on+ attributes to
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def save(*args)
     #
     # By default, #save! always runs validations. If any of them fail
     # ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid gets raised, and the record won't be saved. However, if you supply
-    # validate: false, validations are bypassed altogether. See
+    # <tt>validate: false</tt>, validations are bypassed altogether. See
     # ActiveRecord::Validations for more information.
     #
     # By default, #save! also sets the +updated_at+/+updated_on+ attributes to