Migration of docs to 1.9 hash syntax

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader.rb
index c1cd3a4ae3..0848e7afb3 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader.rb
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       #   books.
       # - a Hash which specifies multiple association names, as well as
       #   association names for the to-be-preloaded association objects. For
-      #   example, specifying <tt>{ :author => :avatar }</tt> will preload a
+      #   example, specifying <tt>{ author: :avatar }</tt> will preload a
       #   book's author, as well as that author's avatar.
       #
       # +:associations+ has the same format as the +:include+ option for
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
       #
       #   :books
       #   [ :books, :author ]
-      #   { :author => :avatar }
-      #   [ :books, { :author => :avatar } ]
+      #   { author: :avatar }
+      #   [ :books, { author: :avatar } ]
       def initialize(records, associations, preload_scope = nil)
         @records       = Array.wrap(records).compact.uniq
         @associations  = Array.wrap(associations)
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/through_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/through_association.rb
index b9e014735b..43520142bf 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/through_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/through_association.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
         # methods which create and delete records on the association.
         #
         # We only support indirectly modifying through associations which has a belongs_to source.
-        # This is the "has_many :tags, :through => :taggings" situation, where the join model
+        # This is the "has_many :tags, through: :taggings" situation, where the join model
         # typically has a belongs_to on both side. In other words, associations which could also
         # be represented as has_and_belongs_to_many associations.
         #