diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 928babe8d0..4162762e1b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Wed Aug  7 09:00:24 2013  Zachary Scott  <e@zzak.io>
+
+	* string.c: [DOC] Description of rb_str_equal [Fixes GH-375]
+	  Based on a patch by @markijbema
+	  https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/375
+
 Wed Aug  7 08:30:38 2013  Zachary Scott  <e@zzak.io>
 
 	* ext/openssl/ossl_hmac.c: [DOC] Documentation for OpenSSL::HMAC
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index b85fb5d960..81a368f4e5 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -2400,9 +2400,14 @@ str_eql(const VALUE str1, const VALUE str2)
  *     str == obj    -> true or false
  *     str === obj   -> true or false
  *
- *  Equality---If <i>obj</i> is not a <code>String</code>, returns
- *  <code>false</code>. Otherwise, returns <code>true</code> if <i>str</i>
- *  <code><=></code> <i>obj</i> returns zero.
+ *  === Equality
+ *
+ *  Returns whether +str+ == +obj+, similar to Object#==.
+ *
+ *  If +obj+ is not an instance of String but responds to +to_str+, then the
+ *  two strings are compared using case equality Object#===.
+ *
+ *  Otherwise, returns similarly to String#eql?, comparing length and content.
  */
 
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