diff --git a/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md b/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md
index c6149abcba..2b6d7e4044 100644
--- a/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md
+++ b/guides/source/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.md
@@ -466,9 +466,7 @@ by adding this to `config/application.rb`:
 config.autoload_paths << "#{Rails.root}/lib"
 ```
 
-`config.autoload_paths` is accessible from environment-specific configuration
-files, but any changes made to it outside `config/application.rb` don't have any
-effect.
+`config.autoload_paths` is not changeable from environment-specific configuration files.
 
 The value of `autoload_paths` can be inspected. In a just generated application
 it is (edited):