diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a610161939..3f2f1a0e09 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Sat Dec 25 11:06:00 2010  Eric Hodel  <drbrain@segment7.net>
+
+	* load.c (rb_f_require_relative): Add documentation.
+
 Sat Dec 25 11:02:52 2010  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* ext/zlib/zlib.c (gzreader_gets): support optional length
diff --git a/load.c b/load.c
index 7f23183c1f..2628b31c12 100644
--- a/load.c
+++ b/load.c
@@ -453,7 +453,15 @@ rb_f_require(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
     return rb_require_safe(fname, rb_safe_level());
 }
 
-VALUE
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   require_relative(string) -> true or false
+ *
+ * Ruby tries to load the library named _string_ relative to the requiring
+ * file's path.  If the file's path cannot be determined a LoadError is raised.
+ * If a file is loaded +true+ is returned and false otherwise.
+ */
+
 rb_f_require_relative(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
 {
     VALUE rb_current_realfilepath(void);