diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index ff174d8d16..e43763075a 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-07-30  Rainer Orth  <ro@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
+
+	* libecoff.h (_bfd_ecoff_styp_to_sec_flags): Changed return type
+	to match corresponding bfd_coff_backend data member.
+
 2001-07-24  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* Makefile.am: Update dependencies with "make dep-am".
diff --git a/bfd/libecoff.h b/bfd/libecoff.h
index e8e256d3f3..a3e6245de5 100644
--- a/bfd/libecoff.h
+++ b/bfd/libecoff.h
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ extern PTR _bfd_ecoff_mkobject_hook PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR filehdr, PTR aouthdr));
 #define _bfd_ecoff_set_alignment_hook \
   ((void (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, PTR))) bfd_void)
 extern boolean _bfd_ecoff_set_arch_mach_hook PARAMS ((bfd *abfd, PTR filehdr));
-extern flagword _bfd_ecoff_styp_to_sec_flags
+extern boolean _bfd_ecoff_styp_to_sec_flags
   PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR, const char *, asection *, flagword *));
 extern boolean _bfd_ecoff_slurp_symbol_table PARAMS ((bfd *abfd));