diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 89eadaa781..73f95af7eb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Mon Jan 18 11:47:27 2016  SHIBATA Hiroshi  <hsbt@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* string.c: fix a typo. [fix GH-1202][ci skip] Patch by @sunboshan
+
 Sun Jan 17 21:15:30 2016  NARUSE, Yui  <naruse@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* configure.in: improve ICC (Intel C Compiler) support.
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 3267b28664..24d1c709a9 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -6864,7 +6864,7 @@ static const char isspacetable[256] = {
  *
  *  If <i>pattern</i> is <code>nil</code>, the value of <code>$;</code> is used.
  *  If <code>$;</code> is <code>nil</code> (which is the default), <i>str</i> is
- *  split on whitespace as if ` ' were specified.
+ *  split on whitespace as if ' ' were specified.
  *
  *  If the <i>limit</i> parameter is omitted, trailing null fields are
  *  suppressed. If <i>limit</i> is a positive number, at most that number of