diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index f8d6cdcbdbf..235940ccd0b 100644
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-01-31  Dmitry Gutov  <dgutov@yandex.ru>
+
+	* NEWS: Mention `ruby-align-chained-calls'.
+
 2014-01-31  Alex Schroeder  <alex@gnu.org>  (tiny change)
 
 	* gnus-tut.txt (Message-ID): Typo fix (bug#15556).
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index b9bf67469b7..dcb8b13b1fd 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -718,6 +718,9 @@ rather than mboxo.  Customize `unrmail-mbox-format' to change this.
 ---
 *** New option `ruby-align-to-stmt-keywords'.
 
+---
+*** New option `ruby-align-chained-calls'.
+
 ---
 *** More Ruby file types have been added to `auto-mode-alist'.
 
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/ruby-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/ruby-mode.el
index 17e16217ccb..1bce911cf0e 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/ruby-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/ruby-mode.el
@@ -265,13 +265,16 @@ Only has effect when `ruby-use-smie' is t.
   :version "24.4")
 
 (defcustom ruby-align-chained-calls nil
-  "If non-nil, chained method calls on multiple lines will be
-aligned to the same column.
+  "If non-nil, align chained method calls.
+
+Each method call on a separate line will be aligned to the column
+of its parent.
 
 Only has effect when `ruby-use-smie' is t."
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'ruby
-  :safe 'booleanp)
+  :safe 'booleanp
+  :version "24.4")
 
 (defcustom ruby-deep-arglist t
   "Deep indent lists in parenthesis when non-nil.