diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
index a223cf82a1..3df524580c 100644
--- a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ module ActionMailer
   # Like Action Controller, each mailer class has a corresponding view directory in which each
   # method of the class looks for a template with its name.
   #
-  # To define a template to be used with a mailing, create an <tt>.erb</tt> file with the same
+  # To define a template to be used with a mailer, create an <tt>.erb</tt> file with the same
   # name as the method in your mailer model. For example, in the mailer defined above, the template at
   # <tt>app/views/notifier_mailer/welcome.text.erb</tt> would be used to generate the email.
   #