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 087e8c5..c53448a 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 457c638..445445b 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