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diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index fb9e011..9d66238 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-04-05 Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>
+
+ * doc/rtl.texi (Regs and Memory): Document (mem:BLK (scratch)).
+
2002-04-05 Jakub Jeilnek <jakub@redhat.com>
* mklibgcc.in: Use $tmpmapfile, not tmp-$@.
diff --git a/gcc/doc/rtl.texi b/gcc/doc/rtl.texi
index 10c81e4..efe3647 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/rtl.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/rtl.texi
@@ -1558,6 +1558,10 @@ a unit of memory is accessed. @var{alias} specifies an alias set for the
reference. In general two items are in different alias sets if they cannot
reference the same memory address.
+The construct @code{(mem:BLK (scratch))} is considered to alias all
+other memories. Thus it may be used as a memory barrier in epilogue
+stack deallocation patterns.
+
@findex addressof
@item (addressof:@var{m} @var{reg})
This RTX represents a request for the address of register @var{reg}. Its mode