diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 63b32541bb..b2eb657a7f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
+Sun Jan 31 15:46:37 2010  Yusuke Endoh  <mame@tsg.ne.jp>
+
+	* lib/rexml/parent.rb (REXML::Parent#delete): return the deleted node
+	  because the rdoc of REXML::Element#delete_element says it returns
+	  "the element that was removed."
+
 Sun Jan 31 14:33:00 2010  James Edward Gray II  <jeg2@ruby-lang.org>
 
-  * A bug fix for deleting blank Table rows from Andy Hartford.
+	* lib/csv.rb: A bug fix for deleting blank Table rows from Andy Hartford.
 
 Sun Jan 31 13:31:43 2010  wanabe  <s.wanabe@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/lib/rexml/parent.rb b/lib/rexml/parent.rb
index 7ed1761654..0a9f805109 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/parent.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/parent.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ module REXML
       found = false
       @children.delete_if {|c| c.equal?(object) and found = true }
       object.parent = nil if found
+      found ? object : nil
     end
 
     def each(&block)