diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8276504de5..f093150913 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Thu Jul 11 14:48:35 2013  Zachary Scott  <e@zzak.io>
+
+	* array.c: Replace confusing example for #reverse_each in overview
+	  Patch by Earl St Sauver [Fixes documenting-ruby/ruby-12]
+	  https://github.com/documenting-ruby/ruby/pull/12
+
 Thu Jul 11 14:22:37 2013  Zachary Scott  <e@zzak.io>
 
 	* test/drb/ut_eq.rb: Use localhost for drb tests [Bug #7311]
diff --git a/array.c b/array.c
index b5518bbf16..215f6fedb9 100644
--- a/array.c
+++ b/array.c
@@ -5406,10 +5406,10 @@ rb_ary_drop_while(VALUE ary)
  *  Another sometimes useful iterator is #reverse_each which will iterate over
  *  the elements in the array in reverse order.
  *
- *     words = %w[rats live on no evil star]
+ *     words = %w[first second third fourth fifth sixth]
  *     str = ""
- *     words.reverse_each { |word| str += "#{word.reverse} " }
- *     str #=> "rats live on no evil star "
+ *     words.reverse_each { |word| str += "#{word} " }
+ *     p str #=> "sixth fifth fourth third second first "
  *
  *  The #map method can be used to create a new array based on the original
  *  array, but with the values modified by the supplied block: