diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 29b105b..fff8e42 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Known issues:
 
 ## bunyan 0.22.2 (not yet released)
 
+- #131 Allow `log.info(<number>)` and, most importantly, don't crash on that.
+
 - Update 'mv' optional dep to latest.
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f79c126..e7daf26 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ full API is:
                     // This is equivalent to `log.isInfoEnabled()` or
                     // `log.isEnabledFor(INFO)` in log4j.
 
-    log.info('hi');                     // Log a simple string message.
+    log.info('hi');                     // Log a simple string message (or number).
     log.info('hi %s', bob, anotherVar); // Uses `util.format` for msg formatting.
 
     log.info({foo: 'bar'}, 'hi');
diff --git a/bin/bunyan b/bin/bunyan
index fe34273..b1b6096 100755
--- a/bin/bunyan
+++ b/bin/bunyan
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ function emitRecord(rec, line, opts, stylize) {
             var s = '';
             if (res.header) {
                 s += res.header.trimRight();
-            } else if (typeof(res.headers) === 'string') {
+            } else if (typeof (res.headers) === 'string') {
                 s += res.headers.trimRight();
             } else if (res.headers) {
                 if (res.statusCode) {
diff --git a/lib/bunyan.js b/lib/bunyan.js
index f4b5c76..0953f42 100644
--- a/lib/bunyan.js
+++ b/lib/bunyan.js
@@ -769,7 +769,8 @@ function mkLogEmitter(minLevel) {
                 } else {
                     msgArgs = Array.prototype.slice.call(args, 1);
                 }
-            } else if (typeof (args[0]) === 'string') {
+            } else if (typeof (args[0]) === 'string' ||
+                       typeof (args[0]) === 'number') {
                 // `log.<level>(msg, ...)`
                 fields = null;
                 msgArgs = Array.prototype.slice.call(args);