diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
index b2db0ceae7f4bdaebf351ec687d68720661a637d..6de71896ee1730e865b982692cea9c4ec3aaf03a 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ def []=(attr_name, value)
     end
 
     # Returns the name of all database fields which have been read from this
-    # model. This can be useful in devleopment mode to determine which fields
+    # model. This can be useful in development mode to determine which fields
     # need to be selected. For performance critical pages, selecting only the
     # required fields can be an easy performance win (assuming you aren't using
     # all of the fields on the model).