diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 854bc1ac26..c72b96a9a4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Sat Nov  9 14:29:04 2013  Zachary Scott  <e@zzak.io>
+
+	* ext/dl/cfunc.c: [DOC] fix typo in example [Bug #8944]
+
 Sat Nov  9 13:59:58 2013  Zachary Scott  <e@zzak.io>
 
 	* lib/test/unit/assertions.rb: [DOC] better example for assert_send()
diff --git a/ext/dl/cfunc.c b/ext/dl/cfunc.c
index 46a26be7b8..1f4958bbdc 100644
--- a/ext/dl/cfunc.c
+++ b/ext/dl/cfunc.c
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ Init_dlcfunc(void)
      *   => "/lib64/libc.so.6"
      *   libc = DL::dlopen(libc_so)
      *   => #<DL::Handle:0x00000000e05b00>
-     *   @cfunc = DL::CFunc.new(libc,['strcpy'], DL::TYPE_VOIDP, 'strcpy')
+     *   @cfunc = DL::CFunc.new(libc['strcpy'], DL::TYPE_VOIDP, 'strcpy')
      *   => #<DL::CFunc:0x000000012daec0 ptr=0x007f62ca5a8300 type=1 name='strcpy'>
      *
      */