diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
index 46ce7cf0becf0c33f49498c30d35e3259c6f1583..394e20ff2b2c2f2c611d89e3b071922c3b33ccaf 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ def select_second(datetime, options = {}, html_options = {})
       # selected. The <tt>datetime</tt> can be either a +Time+ or +DateTime+ object or an integer.
       # Override the field name using the <tt>:field_name</tt> option, 'minute' by default.
       #
-      #   my_time = Time.now + 6.hours
+      #   my_time = Time.now + 10.minutes
       #
       #   # Generates a select field for minutes that defaults to the minutes for the time in my_time.
       #   select_minute(my_time)
diff --git a/guides/source/action_view_overview.md b/guides/source/action_view_overview.md
index eff64fad20827d6b422f5ce6228fdbb613cea677..09fac41491a7a9513631c35ab23bafa3fd747869 100644
--- a/guides/source/action_view_overview.md
+++ b/guides/source/action_view_overview.md
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ Returns a select tag with options for each of the minutes 0 through 59 with the
 
 ```ruby
 # Generates a select field for minutes that defaults to the minutes for the time provided.
-select_minute(Time.now + 6.hours)
+select_minute(Time.now + 10.minutes)
 ```
 
 #### select_month