diff --git a/opcodes/ChangeLog b/opcodes/ChangeLog
index 1114d48f7f..36b067983d 100644
--- a/opcodes/ChangeLog
+++ b/opcodes/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-05-07  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>
+
+	* mcore-dis.c (print_insn_mcore): Use .short to display
+	unidentified instructions, not .word.
+
 1999-04-26  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
 
 	* aclocal.m4, configure: Updated for new version of libtool.
diff --git a/opcodes/mcore-dis.c b/opcodes/mcore-dis.c
index 7e3d45056b..36612a2e6f 100644
--- a/opcodes/mcore-dis.c
+++ b/opcodes/mcore-dis.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ print_insn_mcore (memaddr, info)
       break;
 
   if (op->name == 0)
-    fprintf (stream, ".word 0x%04x", inst);
+    fprintf (stream, ".short 0x%04x", inst);
   else
     {
       const char * name = grname[inst & 0x0F];