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@@ -625,10 +625,10 @@ Begin in alternate macro mode.
@end ifclear
@item --compress-debug-sections
-Compress DWARF debug sections using zlib. The debug sections are renamed
-to begin with @samp{.zdebug}, and the resulting object file may not be
-compatible with older linkers and object file utilities. Note if compression
-would make a given section @emph{larger} then it is not compressed or renamed.
+Compress DWARF debug sections using zlib with SHF_COMPRESSED from the
+ELF ABI. The resulting object file may not be compatible with older
+linkers and object file utilities. Note if compression would make a
+given section @emph{larger} then it is not compressed.
@ifset ELF
@cindex @samp{--compress-debug-sections=} option
@@ -640,10 +640,13 @@ These options control how DWARF debug sections are compressed.
@option{--compress-debug-sections=none} is equivalent to
@option{--nocompress-debug-sections}.
@option{--compress-debug-sections=zlib} and
-@option{--compress-debug-sections=zlib-gnu} are equivalent to
+@option{--compress-debug-sections=zlib-gabi} are equivalent to
@option{--compress-debug-sections}.
-@option{--compress-debug-sections=zlib-gabi} compresses
-DWARF debug sections with SHF_COMPRESSED from the ELF ABI.
+@option{--compress-debug-sections=zlib-gnu} compresses DWARF debug
+sections using zlib. The debug sections are renamed to begin with
+@samp{.zdebug}. Note if compression would make a given section
+@emph{larger} then it is not compressed nor renamed.
+
@end ifset
@item --nocompress-debug-sections