diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d7f44d8f41..1c17105ac0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat Jun 13 07:08:40 2009  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* vm_eval.c (rb_f_local_variables): now returns symbols.  a patch from
+	  Run Paint Run Run at [ruby-core:23828].
+
 Sat Jun 13 07:06:54 2009  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* vm_eval.c (rb_f_catch): updated rdoc about generalized argument,
diff --git a/vm_eval.c b/vm_eval.c
index c71fb5c332..596701e2c0 100644
--- a/vm_eval.c
+++ b/vm_eval.c
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ rb_backtrace_each(rb_backtrace_iter_func *iter, void *arg)
  *     for i in 1..10
  *        # ...
  *     end
- *     local_variables   #=> ["fred", "i"]
+ *     local_variables   #=> [:fred, :i]
  */
 
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