diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index d17ad23b963..c2b7df5ad33 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-01-13  Pedro Alves  <pedro@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* gdb.texinfo (General Query Packets): Remove @var{} around the
+	"spu" literal string.
+
 2009-01-07  Pedro Alves  <pedro@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* gdb.texinfo (Error in Breakpoints): Delete mention of "The same
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index d85721ac32d..69e2403077d 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -26795,7 +26795,7 @@ Here are the specific requests of this form defined so far.  All
 formats, listed below.
 
 @table @samp
-@item qXfer:@var{spu}:write:@var{annex}:@var{offset}:@var{data}@dots{}
+@item qXfer:spu:write:@var{annex}:@var{offset}:@var{data}@dots{}
 @anchor{qXfer spu write}
 Write @var{data} to an @code{spufs} file on the target system.  The
 annex specifies which file to write; it must be of the form