diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md
index 28013beeaeefa..b7414efe7bb4f 100644
--- a/guides/source/active_record_querying.md
+++ b/guides/source/active_record_querying.md
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ COMMIT
 
 The new record might not be saved to the database; that depends on whether validations passed or not (just like `create`).
 
-Suppose we want to set the 'locked' attribute to true if we're
+Suppose we want to set the 'locked' attribute to false if we're
 creating a new record, but we don't want to include it in the query. So
 we want to find the client named "Andy", or if that client doesn't
 exist, create a client named "Andy" which is not locked.