diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2167026ee3..9f59f67835 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Jan 17 20:28:18 2013  Benoit Daloze  <eregontp@gmail.com>
+
+	* object.c: Typo in Kernel#hash documentation.
+	  Patch by zed_0xff [Github Fixes #237]
+
 Thu Jan 17 10:48:56 2013  Aaron Patterson <aaron@tenderlovemaking.com>
 
 	* ext/psych/lib/psych/scalar_scanner.rb: use constants rather than
diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index 2aab66c5fd..d0cf60bd90 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ rb_obj_equal(VALUE obj1, VALUE obj2)
 
 /*
  * Generates a Fixnum hash value for this object.  This function must have the
- * property that <code>a.eql?(b)<code> implies <code>a.hash == b.hash</code>.
+ * property that <code>a.eql?(b)</code> implies <code>a.hash == b.hash</code>.
  *
  * The hash value is used along with #eql? by the Hash class to determine if
  * two objects reference the same hash key.  Any hash value that exceeds the