diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
index 4ada331c9b..22954884d7 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
@@ -605,10 +605,11 @@ def association_instance_set(name, association)
       #     has_many :birthday_events, ->(user) { where(starts_on: user.birthday) }, class_name: 'Event'
       #   end
       #
-      # Note: Joining and eager loading of these associations is not possible.
-      # These two operations happen before instance creation and the scope will be called with a +nil+ argument.
-      # It is allowed to be preloaded, but in the case that there's a different scope for each record,
-      # this will perform N+1 queries. (this is essentially the same as preloading polymorphic scopes).
+      # Note: Joining or eager loading such associations is not possible because
+      # those operations happen before instance creation. Such associations
+      # _can_ be preloaded, but doing so will perform N+1 queries because there
+      # will be a different scope for each record (similar to preloading
+      # polymorphic scopes).
       #
       # == Association callbacks
       #