diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
index 65a1319c7eaa2975cc45095c86edf1d4897f4741..301b3a3b5816596ce56126204a9f6469017df5c5 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def initialize(reflection)
 
   # See ActiveRecord::Associations::ClassMethods for documentation.
   module Associations # :nodoc:
-    # These classes will be loaded when associatoins are created.
+    # These classes will be loaded when associations are created.
     # So there is no need to eager load them.
     autoload :AssociationCollection, 'active_record/associations/association_collection'
     autoload :AssociationProxy, 'active_record/associations/association_proxy'
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
index d5d188ac2aad8462e2f7810838eda80093225ced..23fe76de2e8194ad9af74b682d008a21888a107e 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ def create(attrs = nil)
       end
 
       # Returns the size of the collection by executing a SELECT COUNT(*) query if the collection hasn't been loaded and
-      # calling collection.size if it has. If it's more likely than not that the collection does have a size larger than zero
-      # and you need to fetch that collection afterwards, it'll take one less SELECT query if you use length.
+      # calling collection.size if it has. If it's more likely than not that the collection does have a size larger than zero,
+      # and you need to fetch that collection afterwards, it'll take one fewer SELECT query if you use #length.
       def size
         return @owner.send(:read_attribute, cached_counter_attribute_name) if has_cached_counter?
         return @target.size if loaded?
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
index 1e5d1a0202ef66b9d179052be223013220dc9cc4..ac00508b5f9c32a91d505837551ad56e6093e132 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 require "cases/helper"
 require 'models/post'
 require 'models/person'
+require 'models/reference'
+require 'models/job'
 require 'models/reader'
 require 'models/comment'
 require 'models/tag'