diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3d8b5f713d..e9076a959d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ Sat Dec 13 15:55:37 2008  TAKAO Kouji  <kouji@takao7.net>
 	* ruby.c (process_options): fixed default_internal is nil.
 	  (closes #862)
 
+Sat Dec 13 15:52:27 2008  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* string.c (sym_equal): remove documentation error "Otherwise,
+	  compares them as strings".  [ruby-dev:37398]
+
 Sat Dec 13 14:24:38 2008  Yuki Sonoda (Yugui)  <yugui@yugui.jp>
 
 	* test/ruby/enc/test_utf16.rb: feature changed in r20626.
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 6de7b28c66..c34abb4375 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -6815,8 +6815,7 @@ rb_str_is_ascii_only_p(VALUE str)
  *     sym == obj   => true or false
  *  
  *  Equality---If <i>sym</i> and <i>obj</i> are exactly the same
- *  symbol, returns <code>true</code>. Otherwise, compares them
- *  as strings.
+ *  symbol, returns <code>true</code>. 
  */
 
 static VALUE