2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader.rb
index 6ecc741195..3992a240b9 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader.rb
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
         when String
           preloaders_for_one(association.to_sym, records, scope)
         else
-          raise ArgumentError, "#{association.inspect} was not recognised for preload"
+          raise ArgumentError, "#{association.inspect} was not recognized for preload"
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/preloader_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/preloader_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12f4c75764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/preloader_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+require 'cases/helper'
+require 'models/car'
+
+class AssociationsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+  fixtures :cars
+
+  def test_preload_with_exception
+    exception = assert_raises(ArgumentError) do
+      Car.preload(10).to_a
+    end
+    assert_equal('10 was not recognized for preload', exception.message)
+  end
+end