diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c0ebd52b65..654e38d27c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Mon Mar 24 00:09:02 2003  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nokada@softhome.net>
+
+	* parse.y (block_append): warn unused lteral.
+
 Sun Mar 23 22:22:04 2003  WATANABE Hirofumi  <eban@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* lib/jcode.rb (tr!, delete!, szueeze!): add empty string checking.
diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 5a75485a1b..8096d5d576 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -4491,6 +4491,7 @@ block_append(head, tail)
 	goto again;
       case NODE_LIT:
       case NODE_STR:
+	rb_warning("unused literal ignored");
 	return tail;
       default:
 	end = NEW_BLOCK(head);