diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0572ef6b23..39b079f861 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Nov  6 18:05:07 2003  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* io.c (rb_io_inspect): show the path also at a closed file.
+	  [ruby-dev:21851]
+
 Thu Nov  6 11:42:07 2003  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* ext/stringio/stringio.c (strio_set_string, strio_reopen): check
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index 28504c9197..75c0227a1c 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -651,13 +651,19 @@ rb_io_inspect(obj)
     VALUE obj;
 {
     OpenFile *fptr;
-    char *buf, *cname;
+    char *buf, *cname, *st = "";
+    long len;
 
     fptr = RFILE(rb_io_taint_check(obj))->fptr;
-    if (!fptr || !(fptr->f || fptr->f2) || !fptr->path) return rb_any_to_s(obj);
+    if (!fptr || !fptr->path) return rb_any_to_s(obj);
     cname = rb_obj_classname(obj);
-    buf = ALLOCA_N(char, strlen(cname) + strlen(fptr->path) + 5);
-    sprintf(buf, "#<%s:%s>", cname, fptr->path);
+    len = strlen(cname) + strlen(fptr->path) + 5;
+    if (!(fptr->f || fptr->f2)) {
+	st = " (closed)";
+	len += 9;
+    }
+    buf = ALLOCA_N(char, len);
+    sprintf(buf, "#<%s:%s%s>", cname, fptr->path, st);
     return rb_str_new2(buf);
 }