diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- a/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Jul 22 09:45:31 2015  Maksim Sitnikov  <sitnikovme@undev.ru>
+
+	* numeric.c (num_coerce): [DOC] fix doc for Numeric#coerce,
+	  missing '+'.  [Fix GH-974]
+
 Wed Jul 22 07:24:18 2015  Koichi Sasada  <ko1@atdot.net>
 
 	* make rb_iseq_t T_IMEMO object (type is imemo_iseq).
diff --git a/numeric.c b/numeric.c
index 94e81c65b8..c041cabe76 100644
--- a/numeric.c
+++ b/numeric.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ rb_num_negative_p(VALUE num)
  *  call-seq:
  *     num.coerce(numeric)  ->  array
  *
- *  If a +numeric is the same type as +num+, returns an array containing
+ *  If a +numeric+ is the same type as +num+, returns an array containing
  *  +numeric+ and +num+. Otherwise, returns an array with both a +numeric+ and
  *  +num+ represented as Float objects.
  *