diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index f843c16eaa..9fd4df0d5f 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-09-25  Bob Wilson  <bob.wilson@acm.org>
+
+	* ld.texinfo (Options): Update description of local symbols for -X.
+
 2006-09-23  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	PR ld/3249
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index baff2456d8..5ab4e3fdb4 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -909,11 +909,11 @@ Delete all local symbols.
 @kindex -X
 @kindex --discard-locals
 @cindex local symbols, deleting
-@cindex L, deleting symbols beginning
 @item -X
 @itemx --discard-locals
-Delete all temporary local symbols.  For most targets, this is all local
-symbols whose names begin with @samp{L}.
+Delete all temporary local symbols.  (These symbols start with
+system-specific local label prefixes, typically @samp{.L} for ELF systems
+or @samp{L} for traditional a.out systems.)
 
 @kindex -y @var{symbol}
 @kindex --trace-symbol=@var{symbol}