diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index b88af71ce5..7a8d3df121 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2017-12-04  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	PR 22544
+	* doc/as.texinfo (8byte): Correct.
+
 2017-12-04  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* testsuite/gas/ppc/ppc.exp: Don't exclude VLE tests when little-endian.
diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
index faa228dab3..4251808775 100644
--- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo
+++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
@@ -7401,7 +7401,7 @@ long values into the output.
 @cindex eight-byte integer
 @cindex integer, 8-byte
 
-Like the @option{.8byte} directive, except that it inserts unaligned, eight
+Like the @option{.2byte} directive, except that it inserts unaligned, eight
 byte long bignum values into the output.
 
 @end ifset