diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index c3cbe25db3b..f8199cf8122 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-10-18  Kai Tietz  <ktietz@redhat.com>
+
+	* doc/as.texinfo: Add missing documentation about section flag
+	exclude.
+
 2012-10-14  John David Anglin  <dave.anglin@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
 
 	* config/tc-hppa.c (pa_get_number): New.
diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
index 405bed0471b..741783a342d 100644
--- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo
+++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
@@ -5953,6 +5953,8 @@ section is not loaded
 writable section
 @item d
 data section
+@item e
+exclude section from linking
 @item r
 read-only section
 @item x