diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 71701119ef..9ae68bfc5f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Mar  6 15:07:18 2014  Zachary Scott  <e@zzak.io>
+
+	* doc/syntax/methods.rdoc: [DOC] Fix example for block arguments
+	  By @idupree [Fixes GH-554] https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/554
+
 Thu Mar  6 10:33:31 2014  Martin Bosslet  <Martin.Bosslet@gmail.com>
 
 	* lib/openssl/ssl.rb: Explicitly whitelist the default
diff --git a/doc/syntax/methods.rdoc b/doc/syntax/methods.rdoc
index d7610f161d..648843e753 100644
--- a/doc/syntax/methods.rdoc
+++ b/doc/syntax/methods.rdoc
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ arguments must appear before any keyword arguments.
 The block argument is indicated by <code>&</code> and must come last:
 
   def my_method(&my_block)
-    my_method.call(self)
+    my_block.call(self)
   end
 
 Most frequently the block argument is used to pass a block to another method: