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-rw-r--r--activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb2
-rw-r--r--guides/source/configuring.md2
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb
index 82cf7563a2..4f10cddc87 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
class_attribute :default_connection_handler, instance_writer: false
##
- # Specifies columns which don't want to be exposed while calling #inspect
+ # Specifies columns which shouldn't be exposed while calling #inspect.
class_attribute :filter_attributes, instance_writer: false, default: []
def self.connection_handler
diff --git a/guides/source/configuring.md b/guides/source/configuring.md
index 892634c261..4c508f77f1 100644
--- a/guides/source/configuring.md
+++ b/guides/source/configuring.md
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ application. Accepts a valid week day symbol (e.g. `:monday`).
* `config.filter_parameters` used for filtering out the parameters that
you don't want shown in the logs, such as passwords or credit card
-numbers. By default, Rails filters out passwords by adding `Rails.application.config.filter_parameters += [:password]` in `config/initializers/filter_parameter_logging.rb`. Parameters filter works by partial matching regular expression.
+numbers. It also filters out sensitive values of database columns when call `#inspect` on an Active Record object. By default, Rails filters out passwords by adding `Rails.application.config.filter_parameters += [:password]` in `config/initializers/filter_parameter_logging.rb`. Parameters filter works by partial matching regular expression.
* `config.force_ssl` forces all requests to be served over HTTPS by using the `ActionDispatch::SSL` middleware, and sets `config.action_mailer.default_url_options` to be `{ protocol: 'https' }`. This can be configured by setting `config.ssl_options` - see the [ActionDispatch::SSL documentation](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionDispatch/SSL.html) for details.