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diff --git a/re.c b/re.c
index 57639c5c26..fc68f44aaa 100644
--- a/re.c
+++ b/re.c
@@ -1612,25 +1612,27 @@ rb_reg_match_m(re, str)
/*
* Document-method: compile
*
- * call-seq:
+ * Synonym for <code>Regexp.new</code>
+ */
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
* Regexp.new(string [, options [, lang]]) => regexp
* Regexp.new(regexp) => regexp
- * Regexp.compile(string [, options [, lang]]) => regexp
+ * Regexp.compile(string [, options [, lang]]) => regexp
* Regexp.compile(regexp) => regexp
- *
- * Synonym for <code>Regexp.new</code>
*
- * Constructs a new regular expression from <i>pattern</i>, which can be either
- * a <code>String</code> or a <code>Regexp</code> (in which case that regexp's
- * options are propagated, and new options may not be specified (a change as of
- * Ruby 1.8). If <i>options</i> is a <code>Fixnum</code>, it should be one or
- * more of the constants <code>Regexp::EXTENDED</code>,
- * <code>Regexp::IGNORECASE</code>, and <code>Regexp::POSIXLINE</code>,
- * <em>or</em>-ed together. Otherwise, if <i>options</i> is not
- * <code>nil</code>, the regexp will be case insensitive. The <i>lang</i>
- * parameter enables multibyte support for the regexp: `n', `N' = none, `e',
- * `E' = EUC, `s', `S' = SJIS, `u', `U' = UTF-8.
- *
+ * Constructs a new regular expression from <i>pattern</i>, which can be either
+ * a <code>String</code> or a <code>Regexp</code> (in which case that regexp's
+ * options are propagated, and new options may not be specified (a change as of
+ * Ruby 1.8). If <i>options</i> is a <code>Fixnum</code>, it should be one or
+ * more of the constants <code>Regexp::EXTENDED</code>,
+ * <code>Regexp::IGNORECASE</code>, and <code>Regexp::POSIXLINE</code>,
+ * <em>or</em>-ed together. Otherwise, if <i>options</i> is not
+ * <code>nil</code>, the regexp will be case insensitive. The <i>lang</i>
+ * parameter enables multibyte support for the regexp: `n', `N' = none, `e',
+ * `E' = EUC, `s', `S' = SJIS, `u', `U' = UTF-8.
+ *
* r1 = Regexp.new('^a-z+:\\s+\w+') #=> /^a-z+:\s+\w+/
* r2 = Regexp.new('cat', true) #=> /cat/i
* r3 = Regexp.new('dog', Regexp::EXTENDED) #=> /dog/x