diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md b/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md
index 229c6ee458dbebd5f8a31103565cc145dbc63db2..c8a31fe7b8f387fcd57da8153dc77649a7d595f9 100644
--- a/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md
+++ b/guides/source/active_record_migrations.md
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ add_foreign_key :articles, :authors
 ```
 
 This adds a new foreign key to the `author_id` column of the `articles`
-table. The key references the `id` column of the `articles` table. If the
+table. The key references the `id` column of the `authors` table. If the
 column names can not be derived from the table names, you can use the
 `:column` and `:primary_key` options.