diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2da8721d3f..4857d843ad 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Wed Sep  5 17:41:11 2001  WATANABE Hirofumi  <eban@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* lib/jcode.rb (_regexp_quote): fix quote handling.
+
 Tue Sep  4 01:03:18 2001  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* re.c (Init_Regexp): to_s to be alias to inspect.
diff --git a/lib/jcode.rb b/lib/jcode.rb
index 7175c1b4b6..eda66cac10 100644
--- a/lib/jcode.rb
+++ b/lib/jcode.rb
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ class String
   printf STDERR, "feel free for some warnings:\n" if $VERBOSE
 
   def _regex_quote(str)
-    str.gsub(/[][.\\|*?+{}()]/){|s|
-      if s == "\\" then "\\\\" else "\\\\#{s}" end
-    }
+    str.gsub(/[][\\]/, '\\\\\&)
   end
   private :_regex_quote