diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b398c61bec..30ea935cd6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Feb 27 10:53:12 2012  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* lib/test/unit.rb (Test::Unit::Runner#puke): skips with no
+	  messages should be trivial.
+
 Mon Feb 27 10:50:23 2012  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* io.c, process.c, time.c, ext: use rb_sys_fail_str instead of
diff --git a/lib/test/unit.rb b/lib/test/unit.rb
index 16f50c64b2..89cb93a678 100644
--- a/lib/test/unit.rb
+++ b/lib/test/unit.rb
@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@ module Test
         e = case e
             when MiniTest::Skip then
               @skips += 1
+              return "." if /no message given\z/ =~ e.message
               "Skipped:\n#{meth}(#{klass}) [#{location e}]:\n#{e.message}\n"
             when MiniTest::Assertion then
               @failures += 1