diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index e264ecff87f..f241d43fbbf 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ Release 0.19.0 - Unreleased
    HBASE-1070  Up default index interval in TRUNK and branch
    HBASE-1045  Hangup by regionserver causes write to fail
    HBASE-1079  Dumb NPE in ServerCallable hides the RetriesExhausted exception
+   HBASE-782   The DELETE key in the hbase shell deletes the wrong character
+               (Tim Sell via Stack)
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
    HBASE-901   Add a limit to key length, check key and value length on client side
diff --git a/bin/hirb.rb b/bin/hirb.rb
index 2c8a7721adc..4951628c63e 100644
--- a/bin/hirb.rb
+++ b/bin/hirb.rb
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ module IRB
       # Suppress output if last_value is 'nil'
       # Otherwise, when user types help, get ugly 'nil'
       # after all output.
-      if @context.last_value
+      if @context.last_value != nil
         super
       end
     end