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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_assignment.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_assignment.rb
index 5007e319da..87ecbe54f1 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_assignment.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_assignment.rb
@@ -12,15 +12,14 @@ module ActiveRecord
     # of this method is +false+ an <tt>ActiveModel::ForbiddenAttributesError</tt>
     # exception is raised.
     #
-    # Example:
-    #
     #   cat = Cat.new(name: "Gorby", status: "yawning")
-    #   cat.attributes # =>  {"name" => "Gorby", "status" => "yawning"}
+    #   cat.attributes # =>  { "name" => "Gorby", "status" => "yawning" }
     #   cat.assign_attributes(status: "sleeping")
-    #   cat.attributes # =>  {"name" => "Gorby", "status" => "sleeping"}
+    #   cat.attributes # =>  { "name" => "Gorby", "status" => "sleeping" }
+    #
+    # New attributes will be persisted in the database when the object is saved.
     #
-    # New attributes will be persisted to database when object is saved.
-    # <tt>attributes =</tt> is an alias.
+    # Aliased to <tt>attributes=</tt>.
     def assign_attributes(new_attributes)
       if !new_attributes.respond_to?(:stringify_keys)
         raise ArgumentError, "When assigning attributes, you must pass a hash as an argument."