diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 287afe2339..fe84379fe8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Thu Jul  4 22:31:00 2013  Charlie Somerville  <charliesome@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* object.c (rb_obj_equal): Fixed an rb_obj_equal documentation typo
+	  where "a" was used instead of "obj".
+	  Fixes GH-349. Patch by @adnandoric
+
 Thu Jul  4 20:39:20 2013  Tanaka Akira  <akr@fsij.org>
 
 	* tool/make-snapshot: Exit with EXIT_FAILURE when it fails.
diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index d226dbf858..23dbbf4d10 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ rb_eql(VALUE obj1, VALUE obj2)
  *    obj = "a"
  *    other = obj.dup
  *
- *    a == other      #=> true
- *    a.equal? other  #=> false
- *    a.equal? a      #=> true
+ *    obj == other      #=> true
+ *    obj.equal? other  #=> false
+ *    obj.equal? obj    #=> true
  *
  *  The <code>eql?</code> method returns <code>true</code> if +obj+ and
  *  +other+ refer to the same hash key.  This is used by Hash to test members