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diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
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--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-05-23 Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
+
+ * doc/invoke.texi (Invoking GCC): Document that the order of the
+ -l option matters.
+
2007-05-23 Chen Liqin <liqin@sunnorth.com.cn>
PR target/30987
diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index 21ef96c..a057a0c 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -102,9 +102,10 @@ may @emph{not} be grouped: @option{-dr} is very different from @w{@samp{-d
@cindex order of options
@cindex options, order
You can mix options and other arguments. For the most part, the order
-you use doesn't matter. Order does matter when you use several options
-of the same kind; for example, if you specify @option{-L} more than once,
-the directories are searched in the order specified.
+you use doesn't matter. Order does matter when you use several
+options of the same kind; for example, if you specify @option{-L} more
+than once, the directories are searched in the order specified. Also,
+the placement of the @option{-l} option is significant.
Many options have long names starting with @samp{-f} or with
@samp{-W}---for example,