diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
index da93c988c4..98bfe72fef 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ module ActionController
#
# All request parameters, whether they come from a GET or POST request, or from the URL, are available through the params method
# which returns a hash. For example, an action that was performed through /posts?category=All&limit=5 will include
- # { "category" => "All", "limit" => 5 } in params.
+ # { "category" => "All", "limit" => "5" } in params.
#
# It's also possible to construct multi-dimensional parameter hashes by specifying keys using brackets, such as:
#