diff --git a/railties/guides/source/migrations.textile b/railties/guides/source/migrations.textile
index e67be0ae9f..92356edf90 100644
--- a/railties/guides/source/migrations.textile
+++ b/railties/guides/source/migrations.textile
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ Note that running the +db:migrate+ also invokes the +db:schema:dump+ task, which
 will update your db/schema.rb file to match the structure of your database.
 
 If you specify a target version, Active Record will run the required migrations
-(up or down or change) until it has reached the specified version. The version
+(up, down or change) until it has reached the specified version. The version
 is the numerical prefix on the migration's filename. For example, to migrate
 to version 20080906120000 run