diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 056dfdc9d0..05637094df 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue May 21 13:25:18 2002  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nokada@softhome.net>
+
+	* misc/ruby-mode.el (ruby-font-lock-keywords): symbols end with
+	  '_'.
+
 Tue May 21 04:48:37 2002  Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org>
 
 	* lib/cgi-lib.rb: Checking for constant MOD_RUBY instead of
diff --git a/misc/ruby-mode.el b/misc/ruby-mode.el
index a45f95698f..13571dec5f 100644
--- a/misc/ruby-mode.el
+++ b/misc/ruby-mode.el
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ An end of a defun is found by moving forward from the beginning of one."
      '("^\\s *def\\s +\\([^( ]+\\)"
        1 font-lock-function-name-face)
      ;; symbols
-     '("\\(^\\|[^:]\\)\\(:\\([-+~]@?\\|[/%&|^`]\\|\\*\\*?\\|<\\(<\\|=>?\\)?\\|>[>=]?\\|===?\\|=~\\|\\[\\]=?\\|\\(\\w\\|_\\)+\\([!?=]\\|\\b\\)\\|#{[^}\n\\\\]*\\(\\\\.[^}\n\\\\]*\\)*}\\)\\)"
+     '("\\(^\\|[^:]\\)\\(:\\([-+~]@?\\|[/%&|^`]\\|\\*\\*?\\|<\\(<\\|=>?\\)?\\|>[>=]?\\|===?\\|=~\\|\\[\\]=?\\|\\(\\w\\|_\\)+\\([!?=]\\|\\b_*\\)\\|#{[^}\n\\\\]*\\(\\\\.[^}\n\\\\]*\\)*}\\)\\)"
        2 font-lock-reference-face)
      ;; expression expansion
      '("#\\({[^}\n\\\\]*\\(\\\\.[^}\n\\\\]*\\)*}\\|\\(\\$\\|@\\|@@\\)\\(\\w\\|_\\)+\\)"