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 * RDoc
 
   * Update RDoc 6.0.0.beta3.
-    * Change lexer IRB based one to Ripper. It much improves the speed of generating document.
+    * Replaced IRB based lexer with Ripper. It much improves the speed of generating document.
     * https://github.com/ruby/rdoc/pull/512
 
 * Rubygems