diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_validations_callbacks.md b/guides/source/active_record_validations_callbacks.md
index 5c27ccbf9e..0f4140b650 100644
--- a/guides/source/active_record_validations_callbacks.md
+++ b/guides/source/active_record_validations_callbacks.md
@@ -953,8 +953,12 @@ Below is a simple example where we change the Rails behavior to always display t
 
 ```ruby
 ActionView::Base.field_error_proc = Proc.new do |html_tag, instance|
-  errors = Array(instance.error_message).join(',')
-  %(#{html_tag}<span class="validation-error">&nbsp;#{errors}</span>).html_safe
+  if html_tag =~ /\<label/
+    html_tag
+  else
+    errors = Array(instance.error_message).join(',')
+    %(#{html_tag}<span class="validation-error">&nbsp;#{errors}</span>).html_safe
+  end
 end
 ```