diff --git a/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile b/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile
index 70a0ab9fcb..1de1808bc7 100644
--- a/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile
+++ b/railties/guides/source/active_record_querying.textile
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ client.visits += 1
 client.save
 </ruby>
 
-As +client+ is explicitly set to be a readonly object, the above code will raise an +ActiveRecord::ReadOnlyRecord+ exception when trying to calling +client.save+ with an updated value of _visists_.
+As +client+ is explicitly set to be a readonly object, the above code will raise an +ActiveRecord::ReadOnlyRecord+ exception when calling +client.save+ with an updated value of _visists_.
 
 h4. Locking Records for Update