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-rw-r--r--ext/date/date_core.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ext/date/date_core.c b/ext/date/date_core.c
index 67ed6171a7..388b30ba7a 100644
--- a/ext/date/date_core.c
+++ b/ext/date/date_core.c
@@ -2545,9 +2545,12 @@ date_s__valid_civil_p(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
* Date.valid_date?(year, month, mday[, start=Date::ITALY]) -> bool
*
* Returns true if the given calendar date is valid, and false if not.
+ * Valid in this context is whether the arguments passed to this
+ * method would be accepted by ::new.
*
* Date.valid_date?(2001,2,3) #=> true
* Date.valid_date?(2001,2,29) #=> false
+ * Date.valid_date?(2001,2,-1) #=> true
*
* See also ::jd and ::civil.
*/