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diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index f6cdbdb..bb37cb0 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -1175,6 +1175,7 @@ objcopy [@option{-F} @var{bfdname}|@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}]
[@option{--change-section-vma} @var{sectionpattern}@{=,+,-@}@var{val}]
[@option{--change-warnings}] [@option{--no-change-warnings}]
[@option{--set-section-flags} @var{sectionpattern}=@var{flags}]
+ [@option{--set-section-alignment} @var{sectionpattern}=@var{align}]
[@option{--add-section} @var{sectionname}=@var{filename}]
[@option{--dump-section} @var{sectionname}=@var{filename}]
[@option{--update-section} @var{sectionname}=@var{filename}]
@@ -1620,6 +1621,11 @@ to clear the @samp{contents} flag of a section which does have
contents--just remove the section instead. Not all flags are
meaningful for all object file formats.
+@item --set-section-alignment @var{sectionpattern}=@var{align}
+Set the alignment for any sections matching @var{sectionpattern}. @var{align}
+specifies the alignment as the exponent for the power of two, i.e. the
+alignment in bytes will be 2^@var{align}.
+
@item --add-section @var{sectionname}=@var{filename}
Add a new section named @var{sectionname} while copying the file. The
contents of the new section are taken from the file @var{filename}. The
@@ -1975,8 +1981,9 @@ for dlls.
[This option is specific to PE targets.]
@item --section-alignment @var{num}
-Sets the section alignment. Sections in memory will always begin at
-addresses which are a multiple of this number. Defaults to 0x1000.
+Sets the section alignment field in the PE header. Sections in memory
+will always begin at addresses which are a multiple of this number.
+Defaults to 0x1000.
[This option is specific to PE targets.]
@item --stack @var{reserve}