diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3d2224faa6..074787b667 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Wed Jun 17 00:31:30 2009  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* test/ruby/test_argf.rb (TestArgf#test_skip): updated test
+	  according to clarified behavior.
+
+Tue Jun 16 06:40:31 2009  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* io.c (argf_skip): should close only when current_file is available.
+
 Mon Jun 15 22:35:31 2009  Tadayoshi Funaba  <tadf@dotrb.org>
 
 	* bignum.c (rb_big2db): (-Float::MAX.to_i*2).to_f should return
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index 477d1168ee..73ca7df3c1 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -8292,7 +8292,7 @@ argf_binmode_p(VALUE argf)
 static VALUE
 argf_skip(VALUE argf)
 {
-    if (ARGF.next_p != -1) {
+    if (ARGF.init_p && ARGF.next_p == 0) {
 	argf_close(ARGF.current_file);
 	ARGF.next_p = 1;
     }
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_argf.rb b/test/ruby/test_argf.rb
index 9e18a80b40..a6c224ba41 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_argf.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_argf.rb
@@ -658,16 +658,12 @@ class TestArgf < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   def test_skip
     ruby('-e', <<-SRC, @t1.path, @t2.path, @t3.path) do |f|
-      begin
-        ARGF.skip
-      rescue
-        puts "cannot skip" # ???
-      end
+      ARGF.skip
       puts ARGF.gets
       ARGF.skip
       puts ARGF.read
     SRC
-      assert_equal("cannot skip\n1\n3\n4\n5\n6\n", f.read)
+      assert_equal("1\n3\n4\n5\n6\n", f.read)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 880ac6aacc..dfb1d2037d 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #define RUBY_VERSION "1.9.1"
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2009-05-22"
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 180
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 181
 #define RUBY_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define RUBY_VERSION_MINOR 9
 #define RUBY_VERSION_TEENY 1