diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 890304dfc3..cb205eb7c1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Mon Oct 13 08:44:06 2014  Zachary Scott  <e@zzak.io>
+
+	* README.EXT: [DOC] fix example missing typedef with patch by
+	  @steveklabnik [Fixes GH-739] https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/739
+
+	* README.EXT.jp: ditto.
+
 Mon Oct 13 06:52:09 2014  Eric Wong  <e@80x24.org>
 
 	* array.c (ary_recycle_hash): add RB_GC_GUARD
diff --git a/README.EXT b/README.EXT
index 9f5c1a83fc..49de246ec0 100644
--- a/README.EXT
+++ b/README.EXT
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ Here's the example of an initializing function.
   Init_dbm(void)
   {
       /* define DBM class */
-      cDBM = rb_define_class("DBM", rb_cObject);
+      VALUE cDBM = rb_define_class("DBM", rb_cObject);
       /* DBM includes Enumerable module */
       rb_include_module(cDBM, rb_mEnumerable);
 
diff --git a/README.EXT.ja b/README.EXT.ja
index 447b21c2a0..3288821019 100644
--- a/README.EXT.ja
+++ b/README.EXT.ja
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ Rubyは拡張ライブラリをロードする時に「Init_ライブラリ名
   Init_dbm(void)
   {
       /* DBMクラスを定義する */
-      cDBM = rb_define_class("DBM", rb_cObject);
+      VALUE cDBM = rb_define_class("DBM", rb_cObject);
       /* DBMはEnumerableモジュールをインクルードする */
       rb_include_module(cDBM, rb_mEnumerable);