diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a4a01dbf99..8dd72ad3d5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Jan 17 06:53:58 2013  Eric Hodel  <drbrain@segment7.net>
+
+	* doc/syntax/literals.rdoc (Strings):  Fixed typo.  Fixes #236 on
+	  github by Doug Yun.
+
 Wed Jan 16 18:45:46 2013  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* ext/win32ole/lib/win32ole.rb: use TracePoint to hook all thread
diff --git a/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc b/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc
index ea3c3d8135..bfe070b0ab 100644
--- a/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc
+++ b/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ you may use an underscore for readability.
 
 The most common way of writing strings is using <tt>"</tt>:
 
-  "This is a string".
+  "This is a string."
 
 The string may be many lines long.