diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Aug 11 11:54:13 2015  Alexey Lipnyagov  <liptonshmidt@gmail.com>
+
+	* string.c: Fix documentation for String#slice
+	  [ruby-core:70298][Bug #11427]
+
 Tue Aug 11 11:53:28 2015  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* parse.y (superclass): make superclass rule optional and allow
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
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--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -3788,7 +3788,7 @@ rb_str_aref(VALUE str, VALUE indx)
  *  Element Reference --- If passed a single +index+, returns a substring of
  *  one character at that index. If passed a +start+ index and a +length+,
  *  returns a substring containing +length+ characters starting at the
- *  +index+. If passed a +range+, its beginning and end are interpreted as
+ *  +start+ index. If passed a +range+, its beginning and end are interpreted as
  *  offsets delimiting the substring to be returned.
  *
  *  In these three cases, if an index is negative, it is counted from the end