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diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
index f7c8e1d22f..56fe19a1db 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ module ActiveRecord
# * <tt>Project#categories.empty?, Project#categories.size, Project#categories, Project#categories<<(category1),</tt>
# <tt>Project#categories.delete(category1)</tt>
#
+ # === A word of warning
+ #
+ # Don't create associations that have the same name as instance methods of ActiveRecord::Base. Since the association
+ # adds a method with that name to its model, it will override the inherited method and break things.
+ # For instance, #attributes and #connection would be bad choices for association names.
+ #
# == Example
#
# link:files/examples/associations.png