diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Fri Dec 12 08:16:01 2014  Matt Hoyle  <matt@deployable.co>
+
+	* io.c (io_read) Fix spelling in docco for read.  [Fix GH-781]
+	  try > tries
+
 Thu Dec 11 19:06:01 2014  Koichi Sasada  <ko1@atdot.net>
 
 	* class.c (class_alloc): Start from age == 2.
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index f91f23ae06..00c4ef722f 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -2805,7 +2805,7 @@ rb_io_write_nonblock(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE io)
  *  <i>length</i> must be a non-negative integer or <code>nil</code>.
  *
  *  If <i>length</i> is a positive integer,
- *  it try to read <i>length</i> bytes without any conversion (binary mode).
+ *  it tries to read <i>length</i> bytes without any conversion (binary mode).
  *  It returns <code>nil</code> or a string whose length is 1 to <i>length</i> bytes.
  *  <code>nil</code> means it met EOF at beginning.
  *  The 1 to <i>length</i>-1 bytes string means it met EOF after reading the result.