diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c47459e7bc..e34df73646 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Fri Apr  5 12:06:00 2013  Zachary Scott  <zachary@zacharyscott.net>
+
+	* ext/curses/hello.rb: Typo in Curses example by Drew Blas
+	  [Fixes GH-273]
+
 Thu Apr  4 23:45:13 2013  Tanaka Akira  <akr@fsij.org>
 
 	* lib/resolv.rb (bind_random_port): Rescue EACCES for SunOS.
diff --git a/ext/curses/hello.rb b/ext/curses/hello.rb
index 7f57d801a3..f176583a95 100644
--- a/ext/curses/hello.rb
+++ b/ext/curses/hello.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ def show_message(message)
   width = message.length + 6
   win = Window.new(5, width,
 		   (lines - 5) / 2, (cols - width) / 2)
-  win.box(?|, ?-)
+  win.box('|', '-')
   win.setpos(2, 3)
   win.addstr(message)
   win.refresh