diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index fb41498bae4..8bf427ec4c6 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2019-07-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	PR 24738
+	* doc/c-i386.texi (i386-Directives): Add a description of the
+	Value directive.
+
 2019-07-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	PR 24737
diff --git a/gas/doc/c-i386.texi b/gas/doc/c-i386.texi
index e0d0bc9f945..6fad69f73d6 100644
--- a/gas/doc/c-i386.texi
+++ b/gas/doc/c-i386.texi
@@ -516,6 +516,12 @@ The directive is intended to be used for data which requires a large
 amount of space, and it is only available for ELF based x86_64
 targets.
 
+@cindex @code{value} directive
+@item .value @var{expression} [, @var{expression}]
+This directive behaves in the same way as the @code{.short} directive,
+taking a series of comma separated expressions and storing them as
+two-byte wide values into the current section.
+
 @c FIXME: Document other x86 specific directives ?  Eg: .code16gcc,
 
 @end table