diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 52e672f88..2a9a5adb5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-12-27  Barton E. Schaefer  <schaefer@zsh.org>
+
+	* 30069: Doc/Zsh/options.yo: replace empty parens with
+	LPAR()RPAR().
+
 2011-12-21  Peter Stephenson  <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
 
 	* 30041: Src/subst.c: the offset hack to make
@@ -15791,5 +15796,5 @@
 
 *****************************************************
 * This is used by the shell to define $ZSH_PATCHLEVEL
-* $Revision: 1.5548 $
+* $Revision: 1.5549 $
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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
index 68247264f..4bf55fa0c 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
@@ -567,12 +567,12 @@ tt(IGNORE_BRACES), this option does not disable brace expansion.
 For example, with both options unset a function may be defined
 in the following fashion:
 
-example(args() { echo $# })
+example(args+LPAR()RPAR() { echo $# })
 
 while if either option is set, this does not work and something
 equivalent to the following is required:
 
-example(args() { echo $#; })
+example(args+LPAR()RPAR() { echo $#; })
 
 )
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