MariaDB Documentation

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md
index 9d349691b4..e9f6275e55 100644
--- a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md
+++ b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Role < ApplicationRecord
 end
 ```
 
-Active Record will perform queries on the database for you and is compatible with most database systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite to name a few). Regardless of which database system you're using, the Active Record method format will always be the same.
+Active Record will perform queries on the database for you and is compatible with most database systems, including MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and SQLite. Regardless of which database system you're using, the Active Record method format will always be the same.
 
 Retrieving Objects from the Database
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@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ EXPLAIN for: SELECT `users`.* FROM `users` INNER JOIN `articles` ON `articles`.`
 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-under MySQL.
+under MySQL and MariaDB.
 
 Active Record performs a pretty printing that emulates that of the
 corresponding database shell. So, the same query running with the
@@ -1975,7 +1975,7 @@ EXPLAIN for: SELECT `articles`.* FROM `articles`  WHERE `articles`.`user_id` IN
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-under MySQL.
+under MySQL and MariaDB.
 
 ### Interpreting EXPLAIN
 
@@ -1986,4 +1986,6 @@ following pointers may be helpful:
 
 * MySQL: [EXPLAIN Output Format](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/explain-output.html)
 
+* MariaDB: [EXPLAIN](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/explain/)
+
 * PostgreSQL: [Using EXPLAIN](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/using-explain.html)