diff --git a/system/helpers/string_helper.php b/system/helpers/string_helper.php
index 6378351..3138a04 100644
--- a/system/helpers/string_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/string_helper.php
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
 	 * @param	string (as many parameters as needed)
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function alternator($args)
+	function alternator()
 	{
 		static $i;
 
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@
 			$i = 0;
 			return '';
 		}
+
 		$args = func_get_args();
 		return $args[($i++ % count($args))];
 	}
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 5b7f225..a7807aa 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
 -------------------
 
 -  Fixed a bug (#4212) - :doc:`Query Builder <database/query_builder>` method ``count_all_results()`` could fail if an ``ORDER BY`` condition is used.
--  Fixed a bug where :doc:`Form Helper <helpers/form_helper>` functions `set_checkbox()`, `set_radio()` didn't "uncheck" inputs on a submitted form if the default state is "checked".
+-  Fixed a bug where :doc:`Form Helper <helpers/form_helper>` functions :php:func:`set_checkbox()`, :php:func:`set_radio()` didn't "uncheck" inputs on a submitted form if the default state is "checked".
 -  Fixed a bug (#4217) - :doc:`Config Library <libraries/config>` method ``base_url()`` didn't use proper formatting for IPv6 when it falls back to ``$_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR']``.
 -  Fixed a bug where :doc:`CAPTCHA Helper <helpers/captcha_helper>` entered an infinite loop while generating a random string.
 -  Fixed a bug (#4223) - :doc:`Database <database/method>` method ``simple_query()`` blindly executes queries without checking if the connection was initialized properly.
 -  Fixed a bug (#4244) - :doc:`Email Library <libraries/email>` could improperly use "unsafe" US-ASCII characters during Quoted-printable encoding.
 -  Fixed a bug (#4245) - :doc:`Database Forge <database/forge>` couldn't properly handle ``SET`` and ``ENUM`` type fields with string values.
+-  Fixed a bug (#4283) - :doc:`String Helper <helpers/string_helper>` function :php:func:`alternator()` couldn't be called without arguments.
 
 Version 3.0.3
 =============