diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
index 711d5a8f30..a184ad192c 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Correct documentation for Base.delete_all.  #1568 [Newhydra]
+
 * Oracle: test case for column default parsing.  #2788 [Michael Schoen <schoenm@earthlink.net>]
 
 * Update documentation for Migrations.  #2861 [Tom Werner <tom@cube6media.com>]
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index e9d885f313..06902a6927 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
 
       # Deletes all the records that match the +condition+ without instantiating the objects first (and hence not
       # calling the destroy method). Example:
-      #   Post.destroy_all "person_id = 5 AND (category = 'Something' OR category = 'Else')"
+      #   Post.delete_all "person_id = 5 AND (category = 'Something' OR category = 'Else')"
       def delete_all(conditions = nil)
         sql = "DELETE FROM #{table_name} "
         add_conditions!(sql, conditions)