diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index a1cfa554e9..3abe0aec3d 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 1999-09-12  Donn Terry  <donn@interix.com>
 
+	* ar.c (print_contents): Change printing of member name for
+	POSIX.2 conformance.
+
 	* ar.c (output_filename): Make const.
 	(open_inarch): If creating a new empty archive, set
 	output_filename.
diff --git a/binutils/ar.c b/binutils/ar.c
index e2080049c0..4fe166aa89 100644
--- a/binutils/ar.c
+++ b/binutils/ar.c
@@ -751,8 +751,7 @@ print_contents (abfd)
     fatal (_("internal stat error on %s"), bfd_get_filename (abfd));
 
   if (verbose)
-    /* xgettext:c-format */
-    printf (_("\n<member %s>\n\n"), bfd_get_filename (abfd));
+    printf ("\n<%s>\n\n", bfd_get_filename (abfd));
 
   bfd_seek (abfd, 0, SEEK_SET);