diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f61a1f5010..87a809afa9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Mar 11 20:07:01 2003  Minero Aoki  <aamine@loveruby.net>
+
+	* lib/net/http.rb: speeding up by avoiding extra flush.
+	  (suggested by Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> [ruby-talk:66516])
+
 Tue Mar 11 04:30:12 2003  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* eval.c (massign): remove unnecessary array unpacking; it should
diff --git a/lib/net/http.rb b/lib/net/http.rb
index f5b70188db..590b80ad9a 100644
--- a/lib/net/http.rb
+++ b/lib/net/http.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 = net/http.rb
 
-Copyright (c) 1999-2002 Yukihiro Matsumoto
+Copyright (c) 1999-2003 Yukihiro Matsumoto
+Copyright (c) 1999-2003 Minero Aoki
 
 written & maintained by Minero Aoki <aamine@loveruby.net>.
 This file is derived from "http-access.rb".
@@ -1170,11 +1171,12 @@ module Net
     end
 
     def request( sock, ver, path )
-      sock.writeline sprintf('%s %s HTTP/%s', @method, path, ver)
+      buf = "#{@method} #{path} HTTP/#{ver}\r\n"
       canonical_each do |k,v|
-        sock.writeline k + ': ' + v
+        buf << k + ': ' + v + "\r\n"
       end
-      sock.writeline ''
+      buf << "\r\n"
+      sock.write buf
     end
   
   end