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diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/inheritable_attributes.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/inheritable_attributes.rb
index 2b8e2b544f..4be7eaf476 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/inheritable_attributes.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/inheritable_attributes.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ end
# their parents' attributes, instead of just a pointer to the same. This means that the child can add elements
# to, for example, an array without those additions being shared with either their parent, siblings, or
# children, which is unlike the regular class-level attributes that are shared across the entire hierarchy.
+#
+# The copies of inheritable parent attributes are added to subclasses when they are created, via the
+# +inherited+ hook.
class Class # :nodoc:
def class_inheritable_reader(*syms)
options = syms.extract_options!