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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 584183b013..b304fbdad7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Wed Dec 19 16:30:28 2012 Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net>
+
+ * doc/syntax/literals.rdoc: Added 0d decimal format. Thanks Nobu!
+
Wed Dec 19 16:19:36 2012 Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net>
* doc/syntax/methods.rdoc: Fixed typo. Thanks to Josh Susser.
diff --git a/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc b/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc
index 61743f7906..ea3c3d8135 100644
--- a/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc
+++ b/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc
@@ -43,13 +43,17 @@ Floating point numbers may be written as follows:
These numbers have the same value, 12.34. You may use underscores in floating
point numbers as well.
-You can also write numbers in hexadecimal, octal or binary formats. For
+You can use a special prefix to write numbers in decimal, hexadecimal, octal
+or binary formats. For decimal numbers use a prefix of <tt>0d</tt>, for
hexadecimal numbers use a prefix of <tt>0x</tt>, for octal numbers use a
prefix of <tt>0</tt> or <tt>0o</tt>, for binary numbers use a prefix of
<tt>0b</tt>. The alphabetic component of the number is not case-sensitive.
Examples:
+ 0d170
+ 0D170
+
0xaa
0xAa
0xAA