diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4ff341ed43..2262eb1a31 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Mar  1 12:24:10 2004  Dave Thomas  <dave@pragprog.com>
+
+	* lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_rb.rb (RDoc::RubyParser::parse_alias):
+	  Allow aliases to have parentheses
+
 Sun Feb 29 23:14:53 2004  Dave Thomas  <dave@pragprog.com>
 
 	* lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_rb.rb (RDoc::RubyParser::parse_class): 
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_rb.rb b/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_rb.rb
index f9b0a19cd6..f7c5a32dfe 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_rb.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_rb.rb
@@ -2311,6 +2311,10 @@ module RDoc
     
     def parse_alias(context, single, tk, comment)
       skip_tkspace
+      if (peek_tk.kind_of? TkLPAREN)
+        get_tk
+        skip_tkspace
+      end
       new_name = get_symbol_or_name
       @scanner.instance_eval{@lex_state = EXPR_FNAME}
       skip_tkspace