diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index b60bda1420..bc6cdfa87b 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2017-07-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Fix typo.
+
 2017-07-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Emit "unexpected
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-ppc.c b/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
index 1adca7e481..27d62ab00a 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
@@ -8286,7 +8286,7 @@ ppc_elf_relocate_section (bfd *output_bfd,
 	      else
 		_bfd_error_handler
 		  /* xgettext:c-format */
-		  (_("%B(%A+#Lx): error: %s with unexpected instruction %#x"),
+		  (_("%B(%A+%#Lx): error: %s with unexpected instruction %#x"),
 		   input_bfd, input_section, rel->r_offset,
 		   "R_PPC_ADDR16_HA", insn);
 	    }
@@ -8321,7 +8321,7 @@ ppc_elf_relocate_section (bfd *output_bfd,
 	      else
 		_bfd_error_handler
 		  /* xgettext:c-format */
-		  (_("%B(%A+#Lx): error: %s with unexpected instruction %#x"),
+		  (_("%B(%A+%#Lx): error: %s with unexpected instruction %#x"),
 		   input_bfd, input_section, rel->r_offset,
 		   "R_PPC_ADDR16_LO", insn);
 	    }