diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index 938dd2a9b172bc9e42381de0a553a62bf8963b1a..ebc0b7783f990ad48bb0ccc3220de37a60756232 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -2180,7 +2180,8 @@ def compute_type(type_name)
           end
         end
 
-        # Returns the class descending directly from Active Record in the inheritance hierarchy.
+        # Returns the class descending directly from ActiveRecord::Base or an
+        # abstract class, if any, in the inheritance hierarchy.
         def class_of_active_record_descendant(klass)
           if klass.superclass == Base || klass.superclass.abstract_class?
             klass