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@@ -3129,6 +3129,11 @@ files. The options control what particular information to display.
@var{elffile}@dots{} are the object files to be examined. 32-bit and
64-bit ELF files are supported, as are archives containing ELF files.
+This program performs a similar function to @command{objdump} but it
+goes into more detail and it exists independently of the @sc{bfd}
+library, so if there is a bug in @sc{bfd} then readelf will not be
+affected.
+
@c man end
@c man begin OPTIONS readelf