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@@ -1760,7 +1760,12 @@ Print a summary of all target-specific options on the standard output and exit.
@kindex -Map=@var{mapfile}
@item -Map=@var{mapfile}
Print a link map to the file @var{mapfile}. See the description of the
-@option{-M} option, above.
+@option{-M} option, above. Specifying the empty string as @var{mapfile}
+(that is, @code{-Map=}) causes the link map to be written to a file
+named after the @var{output} file, with @code{.map} appended.
+Specifying a directory as @var{mapfile} causes the link map to be
+written into a file inside the directory. The name of the file is
+again based upon the @var{output} filename with @code{.map} appended.
@cindex memory usage
@kindex --no-keep-memory