diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index c3f32b2f8c..a881afc3a2 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-01-23  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@mips.com>
+
+	* config/tc-mips.c (md_show_usage): Correctly indicate the
+	configuration-specific default ABI.
+
 2018-01-23  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@mips.com>
 
 	* config/tc-mips.c (md_show_usage): Report `-mmips16e2' and
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-mips.c b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
index 8653e88dbb..487ee78d90 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-mips.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
@@ -20047,9 +20047,14 @@ MIPS options:\n\
   fputc ('\n', stream);
 
   fprintf (stream, _("\
--32			create o32 ABI object file (default)\n\
--n32			create n32 ABI object file\n\
--64			create 64 ABI object file\n"));
+-32			create o32 ABI object file%s\n"),
+	   MIPS_DEFAULT_ABI == O32_ABI ? _(" (default)") : "");
+  fprintf (stream, _("\
+-n32			create n32 ABI object file%s\n"),
+	   MIPS_DEFAULT_ABI == N32_ABI ? _(" (default)") : "");
+  fprintf (stream, _("\
+-64			create 64 ABI object file%s\n"),
+	   MIPS_DEFAULT_ABI == N64_ABI ? _(" (default)") : "");
 }
 
 #ifdef TE_IRIX