diff --git a/system/libraries/Validation.php b/system/libraries/Validation.php
index d96b4f6..dc4e016 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Validation.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Validation.php
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
  * @package		CodeIgniter
  * @author		ExpressionEngine Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2006, EllisLab, Inc.
- * @license		http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/license.html
- * @link		http://codeigniter.com
+ * @license		http://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/license.html
+ * @link		http://www.codeigniter.com
  * @since		Version 1.0
  * @filesource
  */
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * @subpackage	Libraries
  * @category	Validation
  * @author		ExpressionEngine Dev Team
- * @link		http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/validation.html
+ * @link		http://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/validation.html
  */
 class CI_Validation {
 	
@@ -552,21 +552,21 @@
 	 */	
 	function numeric($str)
 	{
-		return ! preg_match('/[^0-9]/', $str);
+		return ( ! is_numeric($str)) ? FALSE : TRUE;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 	
 	/**
-	 * Is Numeric
+	 * Integer
 	 *
 	 * @access	public
 	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	bool
 	 */	
-	function is_numeric($str)
+	function integer($str)
 	{
-		return ( ! is_numeric($str)) ? FALSE : TRUE;
+		return ( ! is_int($str)) ? FALSE : TRUE;
 	}
 	
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 95be683..78861b4 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -110,10 +110,11 @@
 		<ul>
 			<li>Added Flashdata variables, session_id regeneration and configurable session update   times to the <a href="./libraries/sessions.html">Session class.</a></li>
 			<li>Added a language entry for valid_ip validation error.</li>
-		    <li>Moved the safe mode and auth checks for the Email library into the constructor. </li>
-			<li>Modified prep_for_form() in the Validation class to accept arrays, adding support for POST array validation (via callbacks only)</li>
-			<li>Changed the behaviour of custom callbacks so that they no longer trigger the &quot;required&quot; rule. </li>
+		    <li>Modified prep_for_form() in the Validation class to accept arrays, adding support for POST array validation (via callbacks only)</li>
+		    <li>Changed &quot;numeric&quot; to use is_numeric() and added an &quot;integer&quot; rule into the <a href="./libraries/validation.html">Validation</a> library.</li>
+		    <li>Changed the behaviour of custom callbacks so that they no longer trigger the &quot;required&quot; rule. </li>
 			<li>Modified Upload class $_FILES error messages to be more precise.</li>
+			<li>Moved the safe mode and auth checks for the Email library into the constructor. </li>
 			<li>Modified variable names in _ci_load() method of Loader class to avoid conflicts with view variables.</li>
 			<li>Added a few additional mime type variations for CSV.</li>
 		</ul>
diff --git a/user_guide/libraries/validation.html b/user_guide/libraries/validation.html
index c2b9b96..f9cac85 100644
--- a/user_guide/libraries/validation.html
+++ b/user_guide/libraries/validation.html
@@ -576,11 +576,18 @@
 <td class="td">No</td>
 <td class="td">Returns FALSE if the form element contains anything other than alpha-numeric characters, underscores or dashes.</td>
 <td class="td">&nbsp;</td>
-</tr><tr>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td class="td"><strong>numeric</strong></td>
+    <td class="td">No</td>
+    <td class="td">Returns FALSE if the form element contains anything other than numeric characters.</td>
+    <td class="td">&nbsp;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
 
-<td class="td"><strong>numeric</strong></td>
+<td class="td"><strong>integer</strong></td>
 <td class="td">No</td>
-<td class="td">Returns FALSE if the form element contains anything other than numeric characters.</td>
+<td class="td">Returns FALSE if the form element contains anything other than an integer.</td>
 <td class="td">&nbsp;</td>
 </tr><tr>
 
@@ -595,7 +602,6 @@
 <td class="td">Returns FALSE if the supplied IP is not valid.</td>
 <td class="td">&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
-
 </table>
 
 <p><strong>Note:</strong> These rules can also be called as discreet functions. For example:</p>