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-rw-r--r--actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb4
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diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb
index caf29ea113..d6a4789bef 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
# <tt>app/views/layouts/weblog.rhtml</tt> or <tt>app/views/layouts/weblog.rxml</tt> exists then it will be automatically set as
# the layout for your WeblogController. You can create a layout with the name <tt>application.rhtml</tt> or <tt>application.rxml</tt>
# and this will be set as the default controller if there is no layout with the same name as the current controller and there is
- # no layout explicitly assigned with the +layout+ method. Setting a layout explicitly will always override the automatic behaviour.
+ # no layout explicitly assigned with the +layout+ method. Setting a layout explicitly will always override the automatic behaviour
+ # for the controller where the layout is set. Explicitly setting the layout in a parent class, though, will not override the
+ # child class's layout assignement if the child class has a layout with the same name.
#
# == Inheritance for layouts
#