diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e20c3f4850..241a18d695 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Wed Oct 15 16:57:30 2008  NAKAMURA Usaku  <usa@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* version.h (RUBY_DESCRIPTION): remove unnecessary space.
+
 Tue Oct 14 23:18:15 2008  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* lib/delegate.rb (Delegator): simplified and restored 1.8
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 37b9021d68..ee0b2f317d 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ RUBY_EXTERN const char ruby_copyright[];
 
 # define RUBY_DESCRIPTION	    \
     "ruby "RUBY_VERSION		    \
-    " ("RUBY_RELEASE_DATE" "	    \
+    " ("RUBY_RELEASE_DATE	    \
     RUBY_PATCHLEVEL_STR		    \
     RUBY_REVISION_STR") "	    \
     "["RUBY_PLATFORM"]"