diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 183a1640ce..bcc3be8313 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Fri Mar 22 14:32:14 2002  Minero Aoki  <aamine@loveruby.net>
+
+	* lib/net/protocol.rb: Protocol#start should return self.
+
 Fri Mar 22 14:14:21 2002  Tanaka Akira  <akr@m17n.org>
 
 	* lib/resolv.rb: fix arguments to create exceptions.
diff --git a/lib/net/protocol.rb b/lib/net/protocol.rb
index b95df2d2d8..bc8a4863e6 100644
--- a/lib/net/protocol.rb
+++ b/lib/net/protocol.rb
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ module Net
 
       do_start( *args )
       @active = true
-      nil
+      self
     end
 
     private