diff --git a/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md b/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md
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--- a/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md
+++ b/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ Note that while for session values you set the key to `nil`, to delete a cookie
 Rendering xml and json data
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-ActionController makes it extremely easy to render `xml` or `json` data. If you generate a controller using scaffold then your controller would look something like this.
+ActionController makes it extremely easy to render `xml` or `json` data. If you generate a controller using scaffolding then it would look something like this:
 
 ```ruby
 class UsersController < ApplicationController