diff --git a/Doc/Manual/Ruby.html b/Doc/Manual/Ruby.html
index e78447b92..6590a133b 100644
--- a/Doc/Manual/Ruby.html
+++ b/Doc/Manual/Ruby.html
@@ -4818,7 +4818,7 @@ public:
 class Zoo
 {
 protected:
- std::vector<animal *=""> animals;
+ std::vector<Animal *> animals;
  
 public:
   // Construct an empty zoo
diff --git a/Examples/ruby/mark_function/runme.rb b/Examples/ruby/mark_function/runme.rb
index 6d84ee88f..a7c5b042e 100644
--- a/Examples/ruby/mark_function/runme.rb
+++ b/Examples/ruby/mark_function/runme.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ begin
   zoo.add_animal(tiger1)
   
   # unset variables to force gc
-  tiger = nil
+  tiger1 = nil
 end
 
 GC.start
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ tiger2 = zoo.get_animal(0)
 # Call a method to verify the animal is still valid and not gc'ed
 if tiger2.get_name != "tiger1"
     raise RuntimeError, "Wrong animal name"
-end	  
+end