diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/databases.rake b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/databases.rake
index 70b59625f8da2ca00d680ef7c22d22b46d3666ae..a35a6c156b4de9381576b2678db3863de4e03246 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/databases.rake
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/databases.rake
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ namespace :db do
       if File.exists?(file)
         load(file)
       else
-        abort %{#{file} doesn't exist yet. Run "rake db:migrate" to create it then try again. If you do not intend to use a database, you should instead alter #{Rails.root}/config/environment.rb to prevent active_record from loading: config.frameworks -= [ :active_record ]}
+        abort %{#{file} doesn't exist yet. Run "rake db:migrate" to create it then try again. If you do not intend to use a database, you should instead alter #{Rails.root}/config/application.rb to prevent active_record from loading: config.frameworks -= [ :active_record ]}
       end
     end
   end