diff --git a/railties/CHANGELOG.md b/railties/CHANGELOG.md
index f4a8cf86b6..595a50dbdc 100644
--- a/railties/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/railties/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@
 
     *arthurnn*
 
-*   Add `rake initializer`
+*   Add `rake initializers`
 
-    This task prints out initializers for an application. It is useful to
-    develop a rubygem which involves the initialization process.
+    This task prints out all defined initializers in the order they are invoked
+    by Rails. This is helpful for debugging issues related to the initialization
+    process.
 
     *Naoto Kaneko*
 
-*   Created rake restart task. Restarts your Rails app by touching the 
+*   Created rake restart task. Restarts your Rails app by touching the
     `tmp/restart.txt`.
 
     Fixes #18876.
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/tasks.rb b/railties/lib/rails/tasks.rb
index 5dfc96894c..2c3d278eca 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/tasks.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/tasks.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require 'rake'
 %w(
   annotations
   framework
-  initializer
+  initializers
   log
   middleware
   misc
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/initializer.rake b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/initializers.rake
similarity index 61%
rename from railties/lib/rails/tasks/initializer.rake
rename to railties/lib/rails/tasks/initializers.rake
index 83b9dc6b71..c9d1b671b1 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/initializer.rake
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/initializers.rake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-desc "Prints out initializers for your application"
+desc "Print out all defined initializers in the order they are invoked by Rails."
 task initializer: :environment do
   Rails.application.initializers.tsort_each do |initializer|
     puts initializer.name