diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md
index 1a154e143a..e7de8034c2 100644
--- a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md
+++ b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ User.active.merge(User.inactive)
 # => SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."state" = 'inactive'
 ```
 
-One important caveat is that `default_scope` will be merged in
+One important caveat is that `default_scope` will be prepended in
 `scope` and `where` conditions.
 
 ```ruby