diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index b3392c12fd..ea999a7e59 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Enhancements
   (Sam Phippen)
 * Support `{a,b}` shell expansion syntax in `--pattern` option
   (Konstantin Haase).
-* Add cucumber documentation for --require commandline option
+* Add cucumber documentation for --require command line option
   (Bradley Schaefer)
 
 Bug fixes
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ Deprecations
   `Configuration#backtrace_exclusion_patterns` for greater consistency
   and symmetry with new `backtrace_inclusion_patterns` config option
   (Sam Phippen).
+* Deprecate `Configuration#requires=` in favor of using ruby's
+  `require`. Requires specified by the command line can still be
+  accessed by the `Configuration#require` reader. (Bradley Schaefer)
 
 ### 2.13.1 / 2013-03-12
 [full changelog](http://github.com/rspec/rspec-core/compare/v2.13.0...v2.13.1)
diff --git a/features/command_line/require_option.feature b/features/command_line/require_option.feature
index b00d8193f3..a07e325eca 100644
--- a/features/command_line/require_option.feature
+++ b/features/command_line/require_option.feature
@@ -4,17 +4,40 @@ Feature: --require option
   before running specs.
 
   Scenario: using the --require option
-    Given a file named "spec/foobarator.rb" with:
+    Given a file named "logging_formatter.rb" with:
       """ruby
-      class Foobarator; end
+      require "rspec/core/formatters/base_text_formatter"
+      require 'delegate'
+
+      class LoggingFormatter < RSpec::Core::Formatters::BaseTextFormatter
+        def initialize(output)
+          super LoggingIO.new(output)
+        end
+
+        class LoggingIO < SimpleDelegator
+          def initialize(output)
+            @file = File.new('rspec.log', 'w')
+            super
+          end
+
+          def puts(message)
+            [@file, __getobj__].each { |out| out.puts message }
+          end
+
+          def close
+            @file.close
+          end
+        end
+      end
       """
-    And a file named "spec/foobarator_spec.rb" with:
+    And a file named "spec/example_spec.rb" with:
       """ruby
-      describe Foobarator do
-        it "exists" do
-          expect(defined?(Foobarator)).to be_true
+      describe "an embarassing situation" do
+        it "happens to everyone" do
         end
       end
       """
-    When I run `rspec --require foobarator`
+    When I run `rspec --require ./logging_formatter.rb --format LoggingFormatter`
     Then the output should contain "1 example, 0 failures"
+    And  the file "rspec.log" should contain "1 example, 0 failures"
+    And  the exit status should be 0