diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index bb1997773f3..b1c45c58e80 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-10-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* nm.c (usage): Fix description of --special-syms switch.
+
 2004-10-13  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
 
 	* strings.c (statbuf): New typedef.
diff --git a/binutils/nm.c b/binutils/nm.c
index c35f7c88155..3668d6b75e8 100644
--- a/binutils/nm.c
+++ b/binutils/nm.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ usage (FILE *stream, int status)
   -S, --print-size       Print size of defined symbols\n\
   -s, --print-armap      Include index for symbols from archive members\n\
       --size-sort        Sort symbols by size\n\
-      --skip-special     Ignore special symbols\n\
+      --special-syms     Include special symbols in the output\n\
       --synthetic        Display synthetic symbols as well\n\
   -t, --radix=RADIX      Use RADIX for printing symbol values\n\
       --target=BFDNAME   Specify the target object format as BFDNAME\n\