diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
index 1b88b834c7786d0090452b760ead18f5c8a0ce0e..a80868400d82b389b5fc6fecaf9b4fe24cb1b181 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def threadsafe!
         self
       end
 
-      # Loads and returns the contents of the #database_configuration_file. The
+      # Loads and returns the contents of the #paths["config/database"]. The
       # contents of the file are processed via ERB before being sent through
       # YAML::load.
       def database_configuration