diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3f2f1a0e09..d19dd60be5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Sat Dec 25 12:48:50 2010  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* load.c (rb_f_require_relative): don't omit return type.
+
 Sat Dec 25 11:06:00 2010  Eric Hodel  <drbrain@segment7.net>
 
 	* load.c (rb_f_require_relative): Add documentation.
diff --git a/load.c b/load.c
index 2628b31c12..dee450906d 100644
--- a/load.c
+++ b/load.c
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ rb_f_require(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
  * file's path.  If the file's path cannot be determined a LoadError is raised.
  * If a file is loaded +true+ is returned and false otherwise.
  */
-
+VALUE
 rb_f_require_relative(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
 {
     VALUE rb_current_realfilepath(void);