diff --git a/doc/NERD_commenter.txt b/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
index 95e232e..2d357b4 100644
--- a/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
+++ b/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
@@ -805,6 +805,7 @@ if your face looked like a toaster and a t-rex put together? :(
     - add support for mp (metapost), thanks to Andrey Skvortsov.
     - add support for htmlcheetah, thanks to Simon Hengel.
     - add support for javacc, thanks to Matt Tolton.
+    - make <%# %> the default delims for eruby, thanks to tpope.
 
 2.2.1
     - add support for newlisp and clojure, thanks to Matthew Lee Hinman.
diff --git a/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim b/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
index 3a9e5d5..4ecb5b5 100644
--- a/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
+++ b/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ function s:SetUpForNewFiletype(filetype, forceReset)
     elseif a:filetype ==? "erlang"
         call s:MapDelimiters('%', '')
     elseif a:filetype ==? "eruby"
-        call s:MapDelimitersWithAlternative('<!--', '-->', '<%#', '%>')
+        call s:MapDelimitersWithAlternative('<%#', '%>', '<!--', '-->')
     elseif a:filetype ==? "eterm"
         call s:MapDelimiters('#', '')
     elseif a:filetype ==? "expect"