diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb
index e98cf998ce..0d6519e53c 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ module ActionView
# Highlights one or more +phrases+ everywhere in +text+ by inserting it into
# a :highlighter string. The highlighter can be specialized by passing :highlighter
# as a single-quoted string with \1 where the phrase is to be inserted (defaults to
- # '\1') or passing a block that receives each matched term. By default +text+
+ # \1) or passing a block that receives each matched term. By default +text+
# is sanitized to prevent possible XSS attacks. If the input is trustworthy, passing false
# for :sanitize will turn sanitizing off.
#