diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/hash/slice.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/hash/slice.rb
index 45181f0e1671..cb05dcd3206c 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/hash/slice.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/hash/slice.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def slice(*keys)
   end
 
   # Replaces the hash with only the given keys.
-  # Returns a hash contained the removed key/value pairs
+  # Returns a hash containing the removed key/value pairs.
   #   {:a => 1, :b => 2, :c => 3, :d => 4}.slice!(:a, :b) # => {:c => 3, :d => 4}
   def slice!(*keys)
     keys.map! { |key| convert_key(key) } if respond_to?(:convert_key, true)