diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6a30e4e01b..f6b42430e7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Feb  2 17:13:01 2006  NAKAMURA Usaku  <usa@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_rb.rb (RDoc::RubyParser#get_tk): added
+	  support of :'string' style Symbol.
+
 Thu Feb  2 14:45:53 2006  Ville Mattila  <ville.mattila@stonesoft.com>
 
 	* configure.in: The isinf is not regognized by autoconf
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_rb.rb b/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_rb.rb
index dfca7d807a..17b87dcd1f 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_rb.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_rb.rb
@@ -1471,8 +1471,12 @@ module RDoc
       if tk.kind_of?(TkSYMBEG)
         set_token_position(tk.line_no, tk.char_no)
         tk1 = get_tk
-        if tk1.kind_of?(TkId) || tk1.kind_of?(TkOp)
-          tk = Token(TkSYMBOL).set_text(":" + tk1.name)
+        if tk1.kind_of?(TkId) || tk1.kind_of?(TkOp) || tk1.kind_of?(TkSTRING)
+          if tk1.respond_to?(:name)
+            tk = Token(TkSYMBOL).set_text(":" + tk1.name)
+          else
+            tk = Token(TkSYMBOL).set_text(":" + tk1.text)
+          end
           # remove the identifier we just read (we're about to
           # replace it with a symbol)
           @token_listeners.each do |obj|