diff -r 82ba1f46def5 Lib/inspect.py
--- a/Lib/inspect.py	Thu Sep 27 20:07:45 2012 +1000
+++ b/Lib/inspect.py	Sun Sep 30 10:48:17 2012 -0400
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@
         except IOError:
             lines = index = None
         else:
-            start = max(start, 1)
+            start = max(start, 0)
             start = max(0, min(start, len(lines) - context))
             lines = lines[start:start+context]
             index = lineno - 1 - start
diff -r 82ba1f46def5 Lib/test/test_inspect.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_inspect.py	Thu Sep 27 20:07:45 2012 +1000
+++ b/Lib/test/test_inspect.py	Sun Sep 30 10:48:17 2012 -0400
@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@
         # Check filename override
         self.assertEqual(inspect.getmodule(None, modfile), mod)
 
+    def test_getframeinfo(self):
+        self.assertEqual(inspect.getframeinfo(mod.fr, 50).code_context[0], "# line 1\n")
+
     def test_getsource(self):
         self.assertSourceEqual(git.abuse, 29, 39)
         self.assertSourceEqual(mod.StupidGit, 21, 46)