in Ruby things in general happen at runtime, no need to specify that

activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/inheritable_attributes.rb

@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ module ClassInheritableAttributes # :nodoc:
 # 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.
-# Note that subclasses are give a copy of parent attributes at runtime when subclass is created. After the
-# subclass has been created any change in parent attributes will not be reflected in child. 
+#
+# 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!