diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d5fafc1e67..899da6e121 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Wed Feb 26 17:38:16 2003  Tanaka Akira  <akr@m17n.org>
+
+	* lib/open-uri.rb: replace Kernel.open as well.
+
 Tue Feb 25 23:03:08 2003  NAKAMURA Hiroshi  <nahi@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* lib/debug.rb (DEBUGGER__::Context#debug_command): bp filename must
diff --git a/lib/open-uri.rb b/lib/open-uri.rb
index a328ecec9c..5233bc7bfb 100644
--- a/lib/open-uri.rb
+++ b/lib/open-uri.rb
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ module Kernel
       open_uri_original_open(name, *rest, &block)
     end
   end
+  module_function :open
 end
 
 module OpenURI