diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 44e4c864e9..2adade6fb3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-Thu Oct 20 22:14:43 2005  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+Thu Oct 20 22:22:49 2005  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* parser.y (struct parser_params): parser never modify input string.
 
+	* ext/ripper/tools/preproc.rb (prelude): do not append surplus
+	  newlines to fix line numbers.
+
 Thu Oct 20 11:41:57 2005  Hirokazu Yamamoto  <ocean@m2.ccsnet.ne.jp>
 
 	* class.c, eval.c, hash.c, st.c, variable.c: changed /* ??? */ stuff
diff --git a/ext/ripper/tools/preproc.rb b/ext/ripper/tools/preproc.rb
index bd3f33772c..06397cea05 100755
--- a/ext/ripper/tools/preproc.rb
+++ b/ext/ripper/tools/preproc.rb
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ def prelude(f, out)
       out << '%%' << $/
       return
     when /\A%token/
-      out << line.sub(/<\w+>/, '<val>') << $/
+      out << line.sub(/<\w+>/, '<val>')
     when /\A%type/
-      out << line.sub(/<\w+>/, '<val>') << $/
+      out << line.sub(/<\w+>/, '<val>')
     else
       out << line
     end