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 * Refinements is enabled with Kernel#send and BasicObject#__send__.
   [Feature #11476]
 
-* Resque modifier now applicable to method arguments.
+* Rescue modifier now applicable to method arguments.
   [Feature #12686]
 
 === Core classes updates (outstanding ones only)