diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index a429a56816..8aa8318303 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Thu Nov  4 08:27:24 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
 
+	* dbxread.c (unknown_symchar_complaint): Make message refer to
+	"symbol descriptor" not "symbol type character" for consistency
+	with stabs.texinfo terminology.
+
 	* stabsread.c (read_struct_fields): Accept either '$' or '.' as
 	the character which introduces a cpp_abbrev or anonymous type.
 
diff --git a/gdb/dbxread.c b/gdb/dbxread.c
index e5ac069a0e..56866185a2 100644
--- a/gdb/dbxread.c
+++ b/gdb/dbxread.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ struct complaint unknown_symtype_complaint =
   {"unknown symbol type %s", 0, 0};
 
 struct complaint unknown_symchar_complaint =
-  {"unknown symbol type character `%c'", 0, 0};
+  {"unknown symbol descriptor `%c'", 0, 0};
 
 struct complaint lbrac_rbrac_complaint =
   {"block start larger than block end", 0, 0};