diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 553bdf79f8..1733fca48c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Mar 29 14:52:20 2016  Zachary Scott  <zzak@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* re.c: Remove deprecated kcode argument from Regexp.new and compile
+	  patch provided by Dylan Pulliam [Bug #11495]
+
 Tue Mar 29 14:44:02 2016  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* ext/socket/socket.c (sock_gethostname): support unlimited size
diff --git a/re.c b/re.c
index d827e05245..147f91ccf0 100644
--- a/re.c
+++ b/re.c
@@ -3001,10 +3001,10 @@ rb_reg_match_m(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE re)
 
 /*
  *  call-seq:
- *     Regexp.new(string, [options [, kcode]])       -> regexp
- *     Regexp.new(regexp)                            -> regexp
- *     Regexp.compile(string, [options [, kcode]])   -> regexp
- *     Regexp.compile(regexp)                        -> regexp
+ *     Regexp.new(string, [options])       -> regexp
+ *     Regexp.new(regexp)                  -> regexp
+ *     Regexp.compile(string, [options)    -> regexp
+ *     Regexp.compile(regexp)              -> regexp
  *
  *  Constructs a new regular expression from +pattern+, which can be either a
  *  String or a Regexp (in which case that regexp's options are propagated),
@@ -3015,9 +3015,6 @@ rb_reg_match_m(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE re)
  *  <em>or</em>-ed together.  Otherwise, if +options+ is not
  *  +nil+ or +false+, the regexp will be case insensitive.
  *
- *  When the +kcode+ parameter is `n' or `N' sets the regexp no encoding.
- *  It means that the regexp is for binary strings.
- *
  *    r1 = Regexp.new('^a-z+:\\s+\w+') #=> /^a-z+:\s+\w+/
  *    r2 = Regexp.new('cat', true)     #=> /cat/i
  *    r3 = Regexp.new(r2)              #=> /cat/i
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 198e181bb6..ec0ed767e6 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #define RUBY_VERSION "2.3.0"
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2016-03-29"
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 18
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 19
 
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR 2016
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH 3