diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f975b208f7..730d9044be 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sun Dec 23 14:52:00 2012  Zachary Scott  <zachary@zacharyscott.net>
+
+	* re.c (rb_reg_eqq): doc: #=== is not a synonym for #=~, added example
+	  [ruby-dev:46746] [Bug #7571]
+
 Sun Dec 23 14:35:13 2012  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* thread.c (BLOCKING_REGION): if fail_if_interrupted is false ignore
diff --git a/re.c b/re.c
index 8fa1abc0e6..2bda09951d 100644
--- a/re.c
+++ b/re.c
@@ -2760,7 +2760,7 @@ rb_reg_match(VALUE re, VALUE str)
  *  call-seq:
  *     rxp === str   -> true or false
  *
- *  Case Equality---Synonym for <code>Regexp#=~</code> used in case statements.
+ *  Case Equality---Used in case statements.
  *
  *     a = "HELLO"
  *     case a
@@ -2768,10 +2768,13 @@ rb_reg_match(VALUE re, VALUE str)
  *     when /^[A-Z]*$/; print "Upper case\n"
  *     else;            print "Mixed case\n"
  *     end
+ *     #=> "Upper case"
  *
- *  <em>produces:</em>
+ *  Following a regular expression literal with the #=== operator allows you to
+ *  compare against a String.
  *
- *     Upper case
+ *	/^[a-z]*$/ === "HELLO" #=> false
+ *	/^[A-Z]*$/ === "HELLO" #=> true
  */
 
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