diff --git a/ruby/lib/caca.rb b/ruby/lib/caca.rb
index 8f4edbe..d90cdf0 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/caca.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/caca.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ module Caca
             i = i.to_i
             const_get("TYPE")|i
         end
+        def quit?
+            false
+        end
         class Key
             attr_reader :ch, :utf32, :utf8
             def initialize(ch, utf32, utf8)
@@ -28,5 +31,10 @@ module Caca
                 @w, @h = w, h
             end
         end
+        class Quit
+            def quit?
+                true
+            end
+        end
     end
 end
diff --git a/ruby/ruby-caca.dox b/ruby/ruby-caca.dox
index 76d90d1..49288d4 100644
--- a/ruby/ruby-caca.dox
+++ b/ruby/ruby-caca.dox
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ c.draw_thin_polyline([[0,0], [0,2], [5,2], [0,0]])
 d = Caca::Display.new(c)
 d.title = "Test !"
 d.refresh
-while((e = d.get_event(Caca::Event, -1)) &&
-       ! e.kind_of?(Caca::Event::Quit))
+while((e = d.get_event(Caca::Event, -1)) && ! e.quit?)
     p e
     d.refresh
 end