1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index 0305386507..c546edfbbf 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -3292,8 +3292,8 @@ rb_io_gets(VALUE io)
  *     File.new("testfile").gets   #=> "This is line one\n"
  *     $_                          #=> "This is line one\n"
  *
- *  If StringIO contains characters more than 1 byte
- *  then <code>gets(1)</code> returns character entirely:
+ *  If IO contains multibyte characters byte then <code>gets(1)</code>
+ *  returns character entirely:
  *
  *     # russian characters take 2 bytes
  *     File.write("testfile", "\u{442 435 441 442}")