diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d7f723541f9de7..b878f7cdcc4a1d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Wed Mar  4 10:15:37 2015  SHIBATA Hiroshi  <shibata.hiroshi@gmail.com>
+
+	* doc/syntax/methods.rdoc: add some missing spaces and
+	  fix a grammatical error in method docs.
+	  [fix GH-843][ci skip] Patch by @nikolas
+
 Wed Mar  4 02:13:06 2015  NAKAMURA Usaku  <usa@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* tool/redmine-backporter.rb (backport_command_string): pick up only
diff --git a/doc/syntax/methods.rdoc b/doc/syntax/methods.rdoc
index 2c01810b4caa2e..debfa76cbf7f02 100644
--- a/doc/syntax/methods.rdoc
+++ b/doc/syntax/methods.rdoc
@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@ exist on all keyboards.
 Method names may end with a <code>!</code> (bang or exclamation mark), a
 <code>?</code> (question mark) or <code>=</code> equals sign.
 
-The bang methods(<code>!</code> at the end of method name) are called and
+The bang methods (<code>!</code> at the end of method name) are called and
 executed just like any other method. However, by convention, a method with an
 exclamation point or bang is considered dangerous. In ruby core library the
-dangerous method implies that when a method ends with a bang(<code>!</code>),
+dangerous method implies that when a method ends with a bang (<code>!</code>),
 it indicates that unlike its non-bang equivalent, permanently modifies its
 receiver. Almost always, Ruby core library will have a non-bang
-counterpart(method name which does NOT end with <code>!</code>) of every bang
-method (method name which does end with <code>!</code>) that has does not
-modify the receiver. This convention is typically true for ruby core libary but
-may/may not hold true for other ruby libraries.
+counterpart (method name which does NOT end with <code>!</code>) of every bang
+method (method name which does end with <code>!</code>) that does not modify
+the receiver. This convention is typically true for ruby core libary but
+may or may not hold true for other ruby libraries.
 
 Methods that end with a question mark by convention return boolean. But they
 may not always return just +true+ or +false+.  Often they will may return an