diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e80dcac63b..ab4ab399e8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Nov 14 17:36:22 2005  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* array.c (rb_ary_first): RDoc update from Daniel Berger
+	  <djberg96@yahoo.com>.  [ruby-core:06577].
+
 Sun Nov 13 10:55:24 2005  Minero Aoki  <aamine@loveruby.net>
 
 	* lib/uri/common.rb (escape): regard second argument as a
diff --git a/array.c b/array.c
index 5a8c391ca4..54ccd8f49f 100644
--- a/array.c
+++ b/array.c
@@ -776,10 +776,11 @@ rb_ary_at(VALUE ary, VALUE pos)
 /*
  *  call-seq:
  *     array.first     ->   obj or nil
- *     array.first(n)  ->   an_array
- *  
- *  Returns the first element of the array. If the array is empty,
- *  returns <code>nil</code>.
+ *     array.first(n)  -> an_array
+ *
+ *  Returns the first element, or the first +n+ elements, of the array.
+ *  If the array is empty, the first form returns <code>nil</code>, and the
+ *  second form returns an empty array.
  *     
  *     a = [ "q", "r", "s", "t" ]
  *     a.first     #=> "q"