1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index 10eb98307..503a7c50b 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -633,6 +633,14 @@ rb_obj_tap(VALUE obj)
  *        end
  */
 
+/*
+ * Document-method: initialize
+ *
+ * call-seq:
+ *    BasicObject.new( *args )
+ *
+ * Returns a new BasicObject. Arguments are ignored.
+ */
 
 /*
  * Not documented
@@ -2538,7 +2546,7 @@ Init_Object(void)
 #undef rb_intern
 #define rb_intern(str) rb_intern_const(str)
 
-    rb_define_private_method(rb_cBasicObject, "initialize", rb_obj_dummy, 0);
+    rb_define_private_method(rb_cBasicObject, "initialize", rb_obj_dummy, -1);
     rb_define_alloc_func(rb_cBasicObject, rb_class_allocate_instance);
     rb_define_method(rb_cBasicObject, "==", rb_obj_equal, 1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cBasicObject, "equal?", rb_obj_equal, 1);