diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f2abfb6e9f..42eda79a09 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+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 22:47:37 2009  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* io.c (fptr_finalize): revert last change.  [ruby-dev:38648]
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