diff --git a/SWIG/Doc/Manual/Ruby.html b/SWIG/Doc/Manual/Ruby.html
index 17f1d2275..cbe7cd99a 100644
--- a/SWIG/Doc/Manual/Ruby.html
+++ b/SWIG/Doc/Manual/Ruby.html
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ This chapter describes SWIG's support of Ruby.
 <a name="n2"></a><H2>20.1 Preliminaries</H2>
 
 
-SWIG 1.3 is known to work with Ruby 1.6 and 1.7.  Given the choice, you should
-use the latest stable version (1.6) of Ruby.  You should also determine if your
+SWIG 1.3 is known to work with Ruby versions 1.6 and later.  Given the choice, you should
+use the latest stable version of Ruby.  You should also determine if your
 system supports shared libraries and dynamic loading. SWIG will work with or
 without dynamic loading, but the compilation process will vary.<p>
 
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ can run Ruby to find out.  For example:
 <blockquote>
 <pre>
 $ <b>ruby -e 'puts $:.join("\n")'</b>
-/usr/local//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6 
-/usr/local//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/i686-linux 
-/usr/local//lib/ruby/site_ruby 
-/usr/local//lib/ruby/1.6 
-/usr/local//lib/ruby/1.6/i686-linux 
+/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6 
+/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/i686-linux 
+/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby 
+/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6 
+/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6/i686-linux 
 . 
 
 </pre>