diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/asset_tag_helpers/stylesheet_tag_helpers.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/asset_tag_helpers/stylesheet_tag_helpers.rb
index 343153c8c525bc8d4cf875b85ebad9f7aaabb920..41958c6559ed98da347fb70d37aa03e4c3313c2d 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/asset_tag_helpers/stylesheet_tag_helpers.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/asset_tag_helpers/stylesheet_tag_helpers.rb
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ def stylesheet_path(source)
# Returns a stylesheet link tag for the sources specified as arguments. If
# you don't specify an extension, .css will be appended automatically.
# You can modify the link attributes by passing a hash as the last argument.
+ # For historical reasons, the 'media' attribute will always be present and defaults
+ # to "screen", so you must explicitely set it to "all" for the stylesheet(s) to
+ # apply to all media types.
#
# ==== Examples
# stylesheet_link_tag "style" # =>
diff --git a/railties/guides/code/getting_started/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/railties/guides/code/getting_started/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index 1e1e4b9a9976cd9e230730a21f60abc5da251cf9..7fd6b4f5163c7bc35960722a52480ed4a344174a 100644
--- a/railties/guides/code/getting_started/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/railties/guides/code/getting_started/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
Blog
- <%= stylesheet_link_tag "application" %>
+ <%= stylesheet_link_tag "application", :media => "all" %>
<%= javascript_include_tag "application" %>
<%= csrf_meta_tags %>
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb.tt
index c63d1b6ac5b9957f6f0c7bfbbaa97d585a9fea60..bba96a74311ea5bd9e642c701a08e0136b3cc378 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb.tt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
<%= camelized %>
- <%%= stylesheet_link_tag "application" %>
+ <%%= stylesheet_link_tag "application", :media => "all" %>
<%%= javascript_include_tag "application" %>
<%%= csrf_meta_tags %>
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/app/views/layouts/%name%/application.html.erb.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/app/views/layouts/%name%/application.html.erb.tt
index 01550dec2f106a07544167484c4ae87e25f8246a..bd983fb90ff3dc23baf12f602fe76a213c7b305a 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/app/views/layouts/%name%/application.html.erb.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/app/views/layouts/%name%/application.html.erb.tt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
<%= camelized %>
- <%%= stylesheet_link_tag "<%= name %>/application" %>
+ <%%= stylesheet_link_tag "<%= name %>/application", :media => "all" %>
<%%= javascript_include_tag "<%= name %>/application" %>
<%%= csrf_meta_tags %>