aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/ld/ld.texinfo
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'ld/ld.texinfo')
-rw-r--r--ld/ld.texinfo6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index baff245..5ab4e3f 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -909,11 +909,11 @@ Delete all local symbols.
@kindex -X
@kindex --discard-locals
@cindex local symbols, deleting
-@cindex L, deleting symbols beginning
@item -X
@itemx --discard-locals
-Delete all temporary local symbols. For most targets, this is all local
-symbols whose names begin with @samp{L}.
+Delete all temporary local symbols. (These symbols start with
+system-specific local label prefixes, typically @samp{.L} for ELF systems
+or @samp{L} for traditional a.out systems.)
@kindex -y @var{symbol}
@kindex --trace-symbol=@var{symbol}