PR 6944

        * doc/as.texinfo (Dollar Local Labels): Correct description of
        dollar local labels to show that the colon suffix is still
        needed.

diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 087e8c5f9664b49a60d9f59801174839b0b34fd0..c53448a5ba18a45d9e1af110ace90e6435682a79 100644 (file)
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-10-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       PR 6944
+       * doc/as.texinfo (Dollar Local Labels): Correct description of
+       dollar local labels to show that the colon suffix is still
+       needed.
+
 2008-10-08  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
        * configure.in (ALL_LINGUAS): Add "id".

diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
index 457c6387fabc8639016264dd8112aea57ebe07d2..445445b2021fcffad27588381f0fcc38567458a4 100644 (file)
--- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo
+++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
@@ -3354,8 +3354,8 @@ scope for the entire file, or until they are redefined by another occurrence of
 the same local label.
 
 Dollar labels are defined in exactly the same way as ordinary local labels,
-except that instead of being terminated by a colon, they are terminated by a
-dollar sign, e.g., @samp{@b{55$}}.
+except that they have a dollar sign suffix to their numeric value, e.g.,
+@samp{@b{55$:}}.
 
 They can also be distinguished from ordinary local labels by their transformed
 names which use ASCII character @samp{\001} (control-A) as the magic character