diff --git a/actionmailer/CHANGELOG b/actionmailer/CHANGELOG
index 2ceba66d18..d4629f4a7a 100644
--- a/actionmailer/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionmailer/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+* Correct spurious documentation example code which results in a SyntaxError. [Marcel Molina Jr.]
+
 *1.2.1* (April 6th, 2005)
 
 * Be part of Rails 1.1.1
diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
index 96a6db64bc..e060632b7b 100644
--- a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
   #     def signup_notification(recipient)
   #       recipients recipient.email_address_with_name
   #       subject    "New account information"
-  #       body       { "account" => recipient }
+  #       body       "account" => recipient
   #       from       "system@example.com"
   #     end
   #