diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_multiple_databases.md b/guides/source/active_record_multiple_databases.md
index 228f665f54..e72b00c008 100644
--- a/guides/source/active_record_multiple_databases.md
+++ b/guides/source/active_record_multiple_databases.md
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ that were connected via `connects_to` with the role name of `reading`.
 Note that `connected_to` with a role will look up an existing connection and switch
 using the connection specification name. This means that if you pass an unknown role
 like `connected_to(role: :nonexistent)` you will get an error that says
-`ActiveRecord::ConnectionNotEstablished (No connection pool for 'ActiveRecord::Base' found for the 'non_existent' role.)`
+`ActiveRecord::ConnectionNotEstablished (No connection pool for 'ActiveRecord::Base' found for the 'nonexistent' role.)`
 
 ## Horizontal sharding