diff --git a/lib/active_resource/base.rb b/lib/active_resource/base.rb
index f14a91a986..82cbc16daa 100644
--- a/lib/active_resource/base.rb
+++ b/lib/active_resource/base.rb
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ def schema(&block)
       # example:
       #
       #   class Person < ActiveResource::Base
-      #     schema = {'name' => :string, 'age' => :integer }
+      #     self.schema = {'name' => :string, 'age' => :integer }
       #   end
       #
       # The keys/values can be strings or symbols. They will be converted to