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-rw-r--r--activemodel/lib/active_model/secure_password.rb6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/secure_password.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/secure_password.rb
index 197f7f20b9..86f051f5ce 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/secure_password.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/secure_password.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ module ActiveModel
module SecurePassword
extend ActiveSupport::Concern
- # BCrypt hash function can handle maximum 72 characters, and if we pass
- # password of length more than 72 characters it ignores extra characters.
+ # BCrypt hash function can handle maximum 72 bytes, and if we pass
+ # password of length more than 72 bytes it ignores extra characters.
# Hence need to put a restriction on password length.
MAX_PASSWORD_LENGTH_ALLOWED = 72
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module ActiveModel
#
# The following validations are added automatically:
# * Password must be present on creation
- # * Password length should be less than or equal to 72 characters
+ # * Password length should be less than or equal to 72 bytes
# * Confirmation of password (using a +password_confirmation+ attribute)
#
# If password confirmation validation is not needed, simply leave out the