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-rw-r--r--gas/doc/c-i386.texi8
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 356c81d..0097e8f 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-01-05 Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com>
+
+ * doc/c-i386.texi: Clarify --n32.
+
2011-01-04 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
* config/tc-i386.c (build_modrm_byte): Allow encoding 32/64bit
diff --git a/gas/doc/c-i386.texi b/gas/doc/c-i386.texi
index c3956a8..5c1c6bd 100644
--- a/gas/doc/c-i386.texi
+++ b/gas/doc/c-i386.texi
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ dependent options:
@cindex @samp{--64} option, i386
@cindex @samp{--64} option, x86-64
@item --32 | --n32 | --64
-Select the word size, either 32 bits or 64 bits. Selecting 32-bit
-implies Intel i386 architecture, while 64-bit implies AMD x86-64
-architecture. @samp{--n32} selects 32bit word size with AMD x86-64
-architecture.
+Select the word size, either 32 bits or 64 bits. @samp{--32}
+implies Intel i386 architecture, while @samp{--n32} and @samp{--64}
+imply AMD x86-64 architecture with 32-bit or 64-bit word-size
+respectively.
These options are only available with the ELF object file format, and
require that the necessary BFD support has been included (on a 32-bit