diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2da62025fe..d7abe538cd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Apr 30 01:17:51 2007  Masatoshi SEKI  <m_seki@mva.biglobe.ne.jp>
+
+	* lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb (TupleSpace#create_entry, TupleBag#push,
+	  delete): extract method, and rename parameter.
+
 Fri Apr 27 02:00:17 2007  Ryan Davis  <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com>
 
 	* signal.c: Fixed backwards compatibility for 'raise Interrupt'.
diff --git a/lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb b/lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb
index 73e79bb401..cb86b47221 100644
--- a/lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb
+++ b/lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb
@@ -304,20 +304,20 @@ module Rinda
     end
 
     ##
-    # Add +ary+ to the TupleBag.
+    # Add +tuple+ to the TupleBag.
 
-    def push(ary)
-      size = ary.size
+    def push(tuple)
+      size = tuple.size
       @hash[size] ||= []
-      @hash[size].push(ary)
+      @hash[size].push(tuple)
     end
 
     ##
-    # Removes +ary+ from the TupleBag.
+    # Removes +tuple+ from the TupleBag.
 
-    def delete(ary)
-      size = ary.size
-      @hash.fetch(size, []).delete(ary)
+    def delete(tuple)
+      size = tuple.size
+      @hash.fetch(size, []).delete(tuple)
     end
 
     ##
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ module Rinda
     # Adds +tuple+
 
     def write(tuple, sec=nil)
-      entry = TupleEntry.new(tuple, sec)
+      entry = create_entry(tuple, sec)
       start_keeper
       synchronize do
         if entry.expired?
@@ -529,6 +529,10 @@ module Rinda
 
     private
 
+    def create_entry(tuple, sec)
+      TupleEntry.new(tuple, sec)
+    end
+
     ##
     # Removes dead tuples.