diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2a74b42a33..5a7155f028 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Feb  1 09:50:10 2012  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* doc/re.rdoc (Repetition): fix typo.  reported by Ori Avtalion
+	  and patched by Zachary Scott.  [Bug #5947]
+
 Wed Feb  1 06:38:54 2012  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* io.c (argf_close): skip stdin, which should be readable again.
diff --git a/doc/re.rdoc b/doc/re.rdoc
index 602775d95d..4e943571a8 100644
--- a/doc/re.rdoc
+++ b/doc/re.rdoc
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ contrast, <i>lazy</i> matching makes the minimal amount of matches
 necessary for overall success. A greedy metacharacter can be made lazy by
 following it with <tt>?</tt>.
 
-    # Both patterns below match the string. The fist uses a greedy
+    # Both patterns below match the string. The first uses a greedy
     # quantifier so '.+' matches '<a><b>'; the second uses a lazy
     # quantifier so '.+?' matches '<a>'.
     /<.+>/.match("<a><b>")  #=> #<MatchData "<a><b>">