diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index 906f590c99..f978fbd0a4 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
   #
   # In addition to the basic accessors, query methods are also automatically available on the Active Record object.
   # Query methods allow you to test whether an attribute value is present.
-  # For numeric values, +persent+ is defined as non-zero.
+  # For numeric values, present is defined as non-zero.
   #
   # For example, an Active Record User with the <tt>name</tt> attribute has a <tt>name?</tt> method that you can call
   # to determine whether the user has a name: